edder

(Engels)

Noun

A long flexible stick, rod or other piece of wood worked into the top of hedge stakes, to bind them together.

Verb

To bind the top of, interweaving edder.

Uitgesproken als (IPA)

/ˈɛdɚ/

Etymologie (Engels)

Overgenomen van Middelengels: *edre

Overgenomen van Oudengels: eder

Verwant aan Oudhoogduits: etar

In summary

From Middle English *edre, *eder, from Old English eder, edor (“hedge, fence”), from Proto-Germanic *edaraz, *eduraz (“hedge, border”). Cognate with Old High German etar.