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

spider

Declension

Declension of atorcoppe (weak)

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	ātorcoppe	ātorcoppan
accusative	ātorcoppan	ātorcoppan
genitive	ātorcoppan	ātorcoppena
dative	ātorcoppan	ātorcoppum

Related terms

ātorloppe
ǣtterloppe

Descendants

Middle English: attercoppe
- English: attercop
- Scots: attircop, attercop

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