Hodder

== English == === Etymology === (surname): From Middle English occupational name for a maker of hoods, from Old English hod (“hood”), from Proto-Germanic *hōdaz. (river): From Brythonic, said to mean "pleasant water," with the second element from Proto-Brythonic *duβr. The first element is uncertain, but compare Welsh hawdd (“easy, prosperous, pleasant”). === Proper noun === Hodder An English surname originating as an occupation, for the trade name hodder A river in Lancashire, England, tributary to the Ribble. === References === Lofthouse, J. (1946). Three Rivers: Being an Account of Many Wanderings in the Dales of Ribble, Hodder and Calder. United Kingdom: R. Hale limited, p. 166 === Anagrams === horded