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hunta

  • noun [ masculine ]
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Grammar
hunta, an; m.
Wright's OE grammar
§401;
A hunting spider; salticus scenicus or aranea tarantula [?]
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  • Wið ðon gif hunta gebíte mannan ðæt is swíðra

    in case a hunting spider bite a man, that is the stronger,

    • L. M. 1, 68
    • ;
    • Lchdm. ii. 142, 18
    • [see the note]:
    • 14, 19.
  • Wið huntan bite,

    • 144, 2, 5.
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  • hunta, n.