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

a watersnake

Declension

Declension of wæternædre (weak)

Case	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, 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.

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