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asp

UK/ɑːsp/ US/æsp/ uncommon archaic uk

noun

1.
2.

cobra used by the Pharaohs as a symbol of their power over life and death

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Origin

From Middle English aspe (aspen (in compounds)), from Old English æspe (æspan (in compounds)), from Proto-West Germanic *aspu, from Proto-Germanic *aspō, from Proto-Indo-European *Hosp-. See also Dutch esp, German Espe, Swedish and Norwegian Bokmål asp, Norwegian Nynorsk osp; also Welsh aethnen, Latin abiēs (“fir”), Latvian apse, Polish osa, Old Armenian ոփի (opʻi, “poplar”).

Phrases

  • sand asp

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