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wæter-nædre

  • noun [ feminine ]
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Grammar
wæter-nædre, an; f.
A water-snake
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  • Wæternædre anguis. Wrt. Voc. ii. 8, 21 : i. 285, 3:

    salamandra,

      289, 29.
  • Wæternedrum

    [h]ydris,

    ii.
      97, 2.
Etymology
[A watyrnedyre hic idrus, Wrt. Voc. i. 223, 2. A wateradder agguis, 255, 4. Wateraddur vipera, 177, 37 (all 15th cent. ). O. H. Ger. wazzar-natra natrix, ydrus.]
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  • wæter-nædre, n.