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geonge-wifre

  • noun [ feminine ]
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geonge-wifre, an; f.
A ganging-weaver, spider; viātĭca arānea
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  • Wǽron ánlícast úre winter geongewifran, ðonne hió geornast biþ, ðæt heó afǽre fleógan on nette

    our years [lit. winters] were most like to a spider when it is most eager to terrify flies into its net;

    anni nostri sīcut arānea medĭtābuntur,
      Ps. Th. 89, 10.
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v. gange-wifre.
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