different between edder vs edger

English

Etymology 1

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.

Noun

edder (plural edders)

1. Flexible wood worked into the top of hedge stakes, to bind them together.

Verb

edder (third-person singular simple present edders, present participle eddering, simple past and past participle eddered)

1. (obsolete) To bind the top interweaving edder.

Etymology 2

Variant of adder.

Noun

edder (plural edders)

1. An adder or snake.

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Etymology 3

From Middle English edre (“a vein, blood vessel”), from Old English ?dre (“a vein, artery; sinew”), from Proto-West Germanic *?dr? (“vein”).

Cognates include (from Germanic) Old Saxon -?ðara (Dutch ader), Old High German ?dra (German Ader), Old Norse æðr (Swedish åder); (from Indo-European) Ancient Greek ???? (êtor, “heart”), Latin uterus, Old Irish inathar (“entrails”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??d.?/

Noun

edder (plural edders)

1. (rare, dialect or obsolete) A blood vessel.

Anagrams

• dered, dreed

English

Etymology

edge +? -er

Noun

edger (plural edgers)

1. A tool that is used to trim the edges of a lawn.

Anagrams

• degre, dereg, erged, greed, redge