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hræfn

  • noun [ masculine ]
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hræfn, es; m.
Wright's OE grammar
§7; §54; §219; §285; §293; §325;
A crab
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  • Se hrefn ðe sume menn hátaþ crabba

    the 'hrefn' that some people call a crab,

    • Shrn. 162, 21.
  • Hrefnes geallan and leaxes

    a crab's gall and a salmon's,

    • L. M. 3, 2
    • ;
    • Lchdm. ii. 308, 6,
    • see note. Hræfnes geallan,
    • Lchdm. iii. 2, 21.
  • Genim cucune hrefn ádó ða eágan of and eft cucune gebring on wætre

    take a live crab, put its eyes out, and put it back in the water alive,

    • L. M. 3, 2
    • ;
    • Lchdm. ii. 306, 20.
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v. hæfern.
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  • hræfn, n.