wæternædre

Old English

Alternative forms

• wæternēdre

Etymology

From wæter +‎ nǣdre. Cognate with Old High German wazzarnatra.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈwæ.terˌnæːd.re/

Noun

wæternǣdre f

1. a watersnake

Declension

Weak:

	singular	plural
nominative	wæternǣdre	wæternǣdran
accusative	wæternǣdran	wæternǣdran
genitive	wæternǣdran	wæternǣdrena
dative	wæternǣdran	wæternǣdrum

Descendants

• Middle English: watyrnedyre, water neddyr, watir edyr, watyradyr, water addre
  • English: water adder

References

• Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “wæternædre”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary‎^[1], 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.