Geonge-wifre

Bosworth & Toller Anglo-Saxon Old English Dictionary - geonge-wifre

According to the Old English Dictionary:

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geonge-wifre
f. A ganging-weaver, spider; viātĭca arānea :-- Wǽron ánlícast úre winter geongewifran, ðonne hió geornast biþ, ðæt heó afǽre fleógan on nette our years [lit. winters] were most like to a spider when it is most eager to terrify flies into its net; anni nostri sīcut arānea medĭtābuntur, Ps. Th. 89, 10.

Related words: gange-wifre. geonge-wifre

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