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First published 1951 (DOST Vol. II).
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Quotation dates: 1399-1596, 1666-1667
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Edder, Eddir, n. Also: edir, eddyr(e, eddar; pl. edris, -ryse, eddris, -rys. [ME. edder, eddyr, eddre, aphetic forms of nedder, neddyr, neddre, OE. nædre.] An adder. Also fig.(a) a1400 Legends of the Saints xviii. 427.
Ane edir that wald hym stang c1420 Wynt. i. 1389.
Ask, or eddyre, tade, or pade c1420 Ib. iv. 1370.
He fand Ane eddyr, lach on erd crepand 1456 Hay II. 110/7.
A maidyn … quhilk in hir ȝouth had been nurist with venym of serpent of ane eddir c1500-c1512 Dunb. lxviii. 9.
This day it stangis lyke ane eddir 1513 Doug. v. v. 55.
The eddyr amyd the way Lurkand or glydand 1513 Ib. vi. ix. 84.
Tysyphone … eddyrris gret Thik at thame swakkis c1520-c1535 Nisbet Matt. vii. 10.
[Quhethir gif he will betak him ane eddir c1520-c1535 Ib. xii. 34.]
Ye generatioun of eddiris 1596 Dalr. I. 64/6.
Na vennemous beist, … as the eddir ?1549 Monro W. Isles 17.
Gigay … has therein abundance of eddirs(b) a1400 Legends of the Saints xi. 305.
Athre of thame … schot thai edryse til a1400 Ib. xi. 321.
Bad the edris suk owt faste Al the venyme c1420 Wynt. i. 781.
Off woyce he lyk is … As yhe here eddrys quhysstyll here 1456 Hay II. 142/18.
Venym of serpentis and of edderis a1500 Buke of the Sevyne Sagis 445.
The grewhound the edder sleuch c1500-c1512 Dunb. Tua Mar. W. 266.
With a terrebill tail be stangand as edderis 1513 Doug. ii. viii. 59.
Lyke to the edder … Quham wynter lang hyd vnder the cald erd 1535 Stewart 673.
That horribill edder with vipros invie 1567 Gude and Godlie Ballatis 108.
Thow sall strampe on the edderis stang 1590 Burel Pilgr. i. xi.
Out comes the edder at the last, Vpon his wamb crieping full fast ?1549 Monro W. Isles 20.
Haray … hes nather wolfis, toddis, nor edderis in it 1666-7 Blakhall Narr.111.
My horse was stinged by an edder or serpent in the brest(c) 1531 Bell. Boece II. 326.
Thir eddaris lyis in the middis of ane vale 1535 Stewart 44371.
This angrie eddar full of iniquitie 1583 Sempill Sat. P. xlv. 318.
Medusas craftis scho culd declair, In making eddars of hir hairattrib. a1508 Kennedy Flyt. 546.
and comb. Hangit, mangit, eddirstangit 1513 Doug. vii. ix. 47.
Scho thairwith … Hir dowbill weyngis with eddir sound dyd bete 1533 Boece ix. i. 286.
The pepill … knewe the hert horne remede contrare the eddir stang 1570 Satirical Poems xxii. 93.
With helteris hie to ty on tre Thy poysonit edder stangis 1591 Criminal Trials I. 245.
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