Wikipedia: History of Adder

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ADDER, a name for the common viper ( Vipera cevus), ranging

An adder is a name for the common viper? (Vipera cevus), ranging

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later nadder or naddre

later nadder or naddre; in the 14th century a nadder
was, like a napron, wrongly divided into an adder. It
appears with the generic meaning of serpent? in the older
forms of many Teutonic languages, cf. Old High Ger. natra;
Goth. nadrs. It is thus used in the Old Eng. version of
the Scriptures for the devil, the serpent of Genesis.

Initial text from 1911 encyclopedia -- Please update as needed

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