atter

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Definition von atter im Englisch Englisch wörterbuch

Poison, venom, especially of a venomous animal

Pus, corrupt matter from a sore

Pus

Poison, especially of a venomous animal

Poison; venom; corrupt matter from a sore

Etymologie

() Middle English atter from Old English ātor "poison" from Proto-Germanic *aitran (“gland, matter”) from Proto-Indo-European *aid-, *oid- (“tumor, abscess”). Akin to Old Frisian āter, ātter, Old Saxon ēttar (Dutch etter), Old High German eitar (German Eiter "pus"), Swedish etter.