attor-coppa

attor-coppa, f.n: spider. (AHT-tor-KOP-pa / ˈat-tɔr-ˌkɔp-pa)

Today’s word is from Taart. The –coppa part is related to modE ‘cobweb’ or the obsolete ‘cop’. Learn more about Goldgifa Week on Patreon.

Jacob van Maerlant’s Der Naturen Bloeme. Flanders, c. 1350. Hague, Koninklijke Bibliotheek, KB, KA 16, f. 130r. [bestiary.ca]

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