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gonge-wifre

  • noun [ feminine ]
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gonge-wifre, an; f.
A ganging weaver, a spider; arānea viātica
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  • Wið gongewifran bíte

    against the bite of a spider [gangweaver],

      L. M. 3, 35; Lchdm. ii. 328, 10.
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v. gange-wifre.
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