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:

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

Related terms

• ātorloppe
• ǣtterloppe

Descendants

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