attercoppe

Middle English

Alternative forms

• addercoppe, hadercoppe, nedercoppe

Etymology

From Old English ātorcoppe, equivalent to atter +‎ coppe.

Noun

attercoppe (plural attercoppes)

1. spider

Descendants

• English: attercop
• Scots: attircop, attercop
• Yola: attercop

References

• “atter-cop(pe, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.