spynner
Middle English
Alternative forms
- spynnere, spinnere, spynnare, spyner
Etymology
From spinnen + -er.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈspinər/
Noun
spynner (plural spynners)
- A spinner; a person (normally a woman) who spins fibre as a job.
- A spider (kind of arthropod).
Synonyms
- spynnester
Descendants
- English: spinner
References
- “spinner(e (n.)” in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-06-25.