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Old English · noun

spiþra

Normalised spīþra

Part of speech
noun, masculine
Declension
weak
IPA
/ˈspiːθ.rɑ/
[ˈspiːð.rɑ]
Syllables
ˈspiːθ · rɑ (2 syllables)
Modern English
spider

Meaning

  1. spider

Declension

Declension of spiþra
SingularPlural
Nominative spīþraspīþran
Accusative spīþranspīþran
Genitive spīþranspīþrena
Dative spīþranspīþrum

All forms (4)

Etymology

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

Descendants

spider

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