Gange-wifre

Nach dem Altenglischen Wörterbuch:

-wæfre, geonge-wifre, gonge-wifre, gongel-wæfre, an;

gange-wifre

f. A ganging weaver, spider; viītĭca arānea :-- Ðú gedést ðæt he aswint on his móde, and wyrþ swá tedre swá swá gangewifran nett thou causest that he dwindles away in his mind, and becomes as frail as a spider's web, Ps. Th. 38, 12. Swindan ðú dydest swá swá gangewæfre [áttercoppan MS. T.] sáwle his tabescĕre fēcisti sīcut arāneam anĭmam ejus, Ps. Spl. 38, 15. gange-wifre