Talk:Old English Wordbook/N

Nadder/Adder
If I'm not mistaken, 'nædder' is one of those words where folks misheard whether the 'n' was the last letter of the indefinite article or first of the noun, which is called 'metanalysis.' By spell, "an apron" over against "a napron;" or "another" over against "a nother."

My fraign (question) is this: since the word 'adder' is already in the English tung, do we need to eke (add) 'nadder?' Isn't the todayish word 'adder' nimworthy (acceptable)?