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ǽtter-loppe

  • noun [ feminine ]
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Grammar
ǽtter-loppe, an; f. [átor poison, loppe a silk worm, spinner of a web]
A spider; atanea
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  • And a-ýdlian oððe aswarcan oððe acwínan oððe aswindan ðú dydest swá swá ǽtterloppan oððe ryngan sáwle his

    et tabescere fecisti sicut araneam animam ejus,

    • Ps. Lamb. 38, 12
    • ;

    and thou madist his lijf to faile as an yreyne

  • Wyc.
Etymology
[
Lat. aranea a spider
],
Similar entries
v. átor-loppe.
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v.  átor-loppe.
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  • ǽtter-loppe, n.