Old English had several words for a spider: not only the etonym spiðra, but also atorcoppe ("poison-head") and gangewifre ("a weaver as he goes").
wonder if this has anything to do with the supposed euphemizing of bear names in places bears existed
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like to avoid calling them by speaking of them directly
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this thing, I have no idea how real http://www.charlierussellbears.com/LinguisticArchaeology.html …
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