spiþra
Old English
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *spinþrô, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)penh₁-.
Noun
spīþra m
- spider
Declension
Declension of spiþra (weak)
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
nominative | spīþra | spīþran |
accusative | spīþran | spīþran |
genitive | spīþran | spīþrena |
dative | spīþran | spīþrum |
Synonyms
- ātorcoppe
Descendants
- Middle English: spiþre, spydyr, spider, spiþer
- English: spider
References
- spīþra in Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary