attor-coppa

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attor-coppa, f.n: a spider. (AH-tor-KOP-pa) The –coppa part is related to modE ‘cobweb’ or the obsolete ‘cop’.

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

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