wæfer-gange, f.n: a spider (lit. walker-weaver). (“wa-ver-gong-eh”)
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A six-legged spider spins a web. Jacob van Maerlant’s Der Naturen Bloeme. Flanders, c. 1350. Koninklijke Bibliotheek, KB, KA 16, fol. 130r. [manuscripts.kb.nl]

illustration by James Merry