geonge-wifre
- noun [ feminine ]
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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.
Bosworth, Joseph. “geonge-wifre.” 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/15558.
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