Middle English Dictionary Entry
eder(a n.
Entry Info
| Forms | eder(a n. |
| Etymology | L h)edera. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) Ivy; (b) a miraculous vine.
Associated quotations
a
- (c1384) WBible(1) (Dc 369(2))2 Mac.6.7 : Thei, crownyd with edera [WB(2): yuy], weren constreyned for to go about with the free chijld.
b
- (c1384) WBible(1) (Dc 369(2))Jonah 4.6 : And the Lord God made redy an eder [WB(2): yuy; L hederam] or a plaunt, and it styede vp on the hed of Jonas, that shadewe were on his hed.