- gangewifre
- f (-an/-an) (a weaver as he goes), spider
Old to modern English dictionary. 2013.
gangewifre
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gangelwæfre — see gangewifre … Old to modern English dictionary
geongewifre — see gangewifre … Old to modern English dictionary
wifre — see gangewifre … Old to modern English dictionary
spider — O.E. spiþra, from P.Gmc. *spenthro (Cf. Dan. spinder), from *spenwanan to spin (see SPIN (Cf. spin)). The connection with the root is more transparent in other Germanic cognates (Cf. M.L.G., M.Du., M.H.G., Ger. spinne, Du. spin spider ). In… … Etymology dictionary
