loppestere

Middle English

Alternative forms

lobstar, lobstere, loppestre, loppster, loppysstere, lopister, lopster, lopstere, lopuster

Etymology

From Old English loppestre; equivalent to loppe +‎ -estere.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈlɔp(ə)stər(ə)/, /ˈlɔb(ə)stər(ə)/, /-strə/

Noun

loppestere (plural loppesteres)

A lobster or crayfish.

Descendants

English: lobster
Scots: lapster, labster
Yola: labstaar

References

“lopster, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-07-07.

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