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mid-hrif

  • noun [ neuter ]
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mid-hrif, es; n. m. [mid middle, hrif ventus]
The mid-riff; the diaphragm, separating the heart from the stomach, etc.; also the entrails
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  • Midrif

    disseptum,

    • Wrt. Voc. i. 44, 51:

    exta,

    • 44, 49.
  • Wið ðæt mannes midrif ace,

    • Herb. cont. 3, 6
    • ;
    • Lchdm. i. 6, 21.
  • Midrife,

    • Lchdm. i. 88, 11.
  • On ðam uferan hrife oððe on ðam midhrife,

    • L. M. 2, 46
    • ;
    • Lchdm ii. 260, 20.
  • Of ðam midhrife, se is betweox ðære wambe and ðære lifre,

    • 2, 56
    • ;
    • Lchdm. ii. 278, 10.
Etymology
[
O. Frs. mid-ref.
]
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v.  mid-rif hrif.
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