spiþre

Middle English

Alternative forms

spydyr, spider, spiþer, spiþur, spiþere, spyder

Etymology

From Old English spīþra, from Proto-Germanic *spinþrô.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈspiːðər/, /ˈspiːdər/

Noun

spiþre (plural spiþeres)

A spider (kind of arthropod).

Descendants

English: spider
Scots: spider

References

“spīther (n.)” in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-06-25.

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