nadder

Middle English

Etymology

From Old English nædre.

Noun

nadder (plural nadders)

adder, or snake
- 1394, Chaucer, “v. 1786”, in The Merchant's Tale‎:
  O servant traitur fals holy hiew / y-lyke to the nadder sleize and in bosom untrewe
  (please add an English translation of this quote)

Descendants

English: adder (by rebracketing)

References

nadder in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.

Anagrams

Darden, dander, darned, randed

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