spiþra

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *spinþrijō, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)penh₁-.

Noun

spīþra m

1. spider

Declension

Declension of spiþra (weak)

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	spīþra	spīþran
accusative	spīþran	spīþran
genitive	spīþran	spīþrena
dative	spīþran	spīþrum

Synonyms

• ātorcoppe

Descendants

• Middle English: spiþre, spydyr, spider, spiþer
  • English: spider

References

• Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “spīþra”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary‎^[1], 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.