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lobbe

  • noun [ feminine ]
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Grammar
lobbe, an; f.
A spider
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  • Úre gǽr swá swá lobbe oððe rynge beóþ ásmeáde

    anni nostri sicut aranea meditabuntur

    [cf.
    • Ps. Th. 89, 10
    • ,
    anlícast geongewefran ðonne hió geornast biþ ðæt heó áfǽre fleógan on nette],
    • Ps. Lamb. 89, 9.
  • Mistlíce þreála gebyriaþ for synnumt bendas oððe dyntas carcernþýstra lobban

    various punishments are proper for sins, bonds or blows, prison darkness, spiders,

    • L. Pen. 3
    • ;
    • Th. ii. 278, 26
    • .
Etymology
[Cf. (?)
Icel. lubbi a shaggy longhaired dog.
]
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  • lobbe, n.