cancer
noun
LanguageOld English
Meaning- an eating or spreading disease
- crab
- A word used to describe a spreading disease, or sometimes a crab.
Se cancer is atol.
The cancer is terrible.
Part of speechnoun
Usage noteThis word reflects both the medical sense and the creature sense, similar to the Latin origin.
Status: AI-generated — awaiting native speaker review
This entry was generated automatically and is awaiting verification by a native speaker. Native speakers can verify or correct it in the LanguageKnow app.
More Old English words
Source: Wikidata lexemes (Twi) (CC0-1.0), adapted.