Gonge-wifre

Old English Dictionary Entry

Gonge-wifre

Old English Dictionary Entry

Part of speech: an; Related words: gange-wifre. gonge-wifre

Definitions

1 gonge-wifre

f. A ganging weaver, a spider; arānea viātica :-- Wið gongewifran bíte against the bite of a spider [gangweaver], L. M. 3, 35; Lchdm. ii. 328, 10.

Runic Inscription

ᚷᚩᛝᛖ-ᚹᛁᚠᚱᛖ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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