atorcoppe

Old English

Alternative forms

  • āttorcoppe

Etymology

ātor (“poison”) +‎ *coppe (“something round”), from Proto-West Germanic *kopp. Identical in formation to Old Danish ederkoppæ (whence Danish edderkop) and Old Swedish eterkoppe. For more, see cop.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɑː.torˌkop.pe/

Noun

ātorcoppe f

  1. spider

Declension

Weak feminine (n-stem):

singular plural
nominative ātorcoppe ātorcoppan
accusative ātorcoppan ātorcoppan
genitive ātorcoppan ātorcoppena
dative ātorcoppan ātorcoppum

Descendants

  • Middle English: attercoppe, addercoppe, hadercoppe, nedercoppe
    • English: attercop
    • Scots: attircop, attercop
    • Yola: attercop
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