edder /ˈɛdɚ/noun 2verb 1forms 3 noun2 •An adder or snake.winges like a bird she hase, Fete as an edder, a mayden's face, Her kinde I'll take — 1816 •[usually plural] A long flexible stick, rod or other piece of wood worked into the top of hedge stakes, to bind them together.The stake-and-edder hedge prevails in this district. — 1796 verb1 •(no longer used) To bind the top of, interweaving edder.Hazel and ash saplings make good switches, and there are many of these by the roadside, spraying like the forks of a fan. Later they will be used for "eddering" the other side of the lane. — 1950 formseddered · eddering · edders