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nædre

  • noun [ feminine ]
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Grammar
nædre, næddre, an; f.
Wright's OE grammar
§119; §260; §299; §404;
Any kind of serpent, adder, viper
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  • Nædre

    gipsa,

    • Wrt. Voc. ii. 41, 55 :

    natrix,

    • 97, 36 : 60, 77.

  • Snaca oððe nædre

    coluber,

    • 16, 75.

  • Gerumpenu, gehyrnedu nædre

    coluber cerastis.

    • 15, 68 : 16, 2.

  • Mé nædre beswác,

    • Cd. Th. 55, 20
      • ;
    • Gen. 897.

  • Næddre

    vipera vel serpens vel anguis,

    • Wrt. Voc. i. 78, 55.

  • Fleónde næddre,

    • 24, 1.

  • Ðære nedran

    basilisci,

    • ii. 12, 2 : 86, 58.

  • Efter gelícnisse nedran (

    serpentes

    ),
    • Ps. Surt. 57, 5: Cd. Th. 271, 8
      • ;
    • Sat. 102.

  • Ðære scortan næddran

    spalangii,

    • Hpt. Gl. 450, 25.

  • Nedran

    colubri,

    • Kent. Gl. 1095.

  • God cwæþ tó ðære næddran (

    ad serpentem

    ),
    • Gen. 3, 14.

  • Nædran

    celidrum,

    • Wrt. Voc. ii. 21, 21.

  • Nædran

    hilidros, i. celidros,

    • 43, 38.

  • Swá swá Moyses áhóf ða næddran . . . Ðá sende God fýrene næddran . . . God bebeád Moyse ðæt hé gewothte áne ǽrene næddran, and sette up tó tácne, and ðæt hé manode ðæt folc ðæt swá hwá swá fram ðám næddrum ábiten wǽre, besáwe up tó ðære ǽrenan næddran,

    • Homl. Th. ii. 238, 4-19.

  • Nædran

    serpentes,

    • Ps. Th. 139, 3.

  • Gif mon hine (gagates) on fýr déþ, ðonne fleóþ ðǽr neddran onweg,

    • Bd. 1, 1
      • ;
    • S. 473, 25.

  • Nædrena

    draconum,

    • Wrt. Voc. ii. 27, 71.

  • Næddrena áttor

    venenum aspidum,

    • Deut. 32, 33.

  • Lá næddrena (ætterna, Lind. ; nedrana, Rush.) cyn

    progenies viperarum,

    • Mt. Kmbl. 3, 7 : 12, 34.

  • Hig wurpon ealle hira gyrda nyðer and hí wurdon tó næddrum (

    versae sunt in dracones

    ),
    • Ex. 7, 12.
Etymology
[
Goth. nadrs
;
Icel. naðr (in poetry) ; m.; naðra ; f.
:
O. Sax. nadra
:
O. H. Ger. natra, natara ; f.
:
Ger. natter.
]
Similar entries
v. hilde-, mere-, wæter-nædre.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “nædre.” In An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online, edited by Thomas Northcote Toller, Christ Sean, and Ondřej Tichy. Prague: Faculty of Arts, Charles University, 2014. https://bosworthtoller.com/23374.

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