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)

1. 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.