ǽtter-loppe
- noun [ feminine ]
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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.
Bosworth, Joseph. “ǽtter-loppe.” In An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online, edited by Thomas Northcote Toller, Christ Sean, and Ondřej Tichy. Prague: Faculty of Arts, Charles University, 2014. https://bosworthtoller.com/1018.
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