different between eider vs edder

English

Wikispecies

Wikispecies

Etymology

From Icelandic æðar, genitive of æðr, probably reaching English via Swedish eider (now ejder), from a North Germanic root.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?a?d?/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?a?d?/

Noun

eider (plural eiders)

1. Any of the species of the genera Polysticta or Somateria, in the seaduck subfamily Merginae, which line their nests with fine down (taken from their own bodies).

Derived terms

Translations

Anagrams

• redie

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from Icelandic æðr or German Eider, the latter also derives from Icelandic.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??i?.d?r/
• Hyphenation: ei?der
• Rhymes: -?i?d?r

Noun

eider m (plural eiders, diminutive eidertje n)

1. a type of seaduck; an eider

   Synonym: eidereend

Derived terms

• eidereend
• eiderdons
• eidergans

French

Etymology

Ultimately from Old Norse æðr.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?.d??/, /e.d??/

Noun

eider m (plural eiders)

1. eider

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French eider, from Icelandic æður. Ultimately from Old Norse æðr.

Noun

eider m (plural eideri)

1. eider

Declension

Paronyms

• Eider

See also

• anatide
• c?lifar
• ra??
• ra?? le?easc?

References

• eider in DEX online - Dic?ionare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)

Spanish

Etymology

Ultimately from Old Norse æðr.

Noun

eider m (plural eideres)

1. eider

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