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hrif

(n.)
Grammar
hrif, rif, es; n.

The wombbellyuterusventer

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The womb, belly; uterus, venter Ðín ðæt fæðmlíce hrif thine enfolding womb, Blickl. Homl. 7, 29. Hrif uterus, Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 1, 8: 19 12: Rtl. 51, 27. Ðæt uferre hrif, L. M. 2, 28; Lchdm. ii. 224, 8. Rif vel seó inre wamb alvus, Ælfc.

Linked entry: in-gehrif

hrif

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Gif mon bið on hrife (hrif, v. l.) wund si quis in ilio (ilibus, v. l.) uulneretur, Ll. Th. i. 96, 10.

hrif-wund

(adj.)
Grammar
hrif-wund, adj.
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Wounded in the belly Gif [hé] hrifwund [hrif wund, Thorpe] weorþeþ xii scill. gebéte. Gif hé þurhþirel weorþeþ xx scill. gebéte if he be wounded in the belly let twelve shillings be paid.

mid-hrif

(n.)
Grammar
mid-hrif, es; n. m. [mid middle, hrif ventus]

The mid-riffthe diaphragmseparating the heart from the stomachthe entrails

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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

Linked entries: mid-rif hrif

hrif-téung

(n.)
Grammar
hrif-téung, e; f.
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Stomach-ache Hriftéung (printed hrig-, Wrt. Voc. i. 19, 24) yleos, Wülck. Gl. 112, 23

Linked entry: téung

hrif-wund

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For passage substitute Gyf mon rifwund (on hrife wund, gewundod v. ll.) bið . . . gif hé ðurhwund bið si quis in ilibus uulneretur . . . si transforatus sit, Ll. Lbmn. 82, 23

ge-hrif

(n.)
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a womb Gemétte hé hí bearn hæbbende on hire gehrife, Hml. A. 134, 595

hrif-wirc

(n.)
Grammar
hrif-wirc, -wærc, es; m.

yleos

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A pain in the belly; yleos. Ælfc. Gl. 10; Som. 57, 16; Wrt. Voc. 19, 24

HRÍM

(n.)
Grammar
HRÍM, es; m.

RIME

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RIME, hoar-frost Hrím pruina, Ælfc. Gl. 94; Som. 75, 102; Wrt. Voc. 52, 52. Hrím and forst háre hildstapan, Andr. Kmbl. 2516; An. 1259. Se hearda forst-hrím heorugrimma, Exon. 111 a; Th. 425, 12; Rä. 41, 55.

hríð

(n.)
Grammar
hríð, e; f.

A stormtempest

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A storm, tempest Hríd hreósende the driving storm, Exon. 78 a; Th. 292, 20; Wand. 102

hrís

(n.)
Grammar
hrís, es; n.

A twigbranchRISE

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A twig, branch, RISE Hrís frondes, Cot. 93, Lye

hrið

(n.)
Grammar
hrið, es; m.

Fever

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Fever Fefer ðæt is micel hǽto and hrið [MS. hruð], L. M. 2, 24; Lchdm. ii. 214, 7

Linked entry: hruð

HRÓF

(n.)
Grammar
HRÓF, es; m.

A ROOFthe topsummit

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A ROOF, the top, summit, highest part [cf. Tennyson's 'Why should we only toil the roof and crown of things?'] Góma vel hróf ðæs múþes palatum vel uranon, Ælfc. Gl. 71; Som. 70, 106; Wrt. Voc. 43, 35. Hróf camara, 290, 2. Se hróf hæfde mislíce heáhnysse

hric

(n.)
Grammar
hric, hricg.

Similar entry: hrycg

hrím

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Hrím pruina, Wrt. Voc. ii. 118, 14. Hríme pruina (frigidior candente pruina, Ald. 271, 31), An. Ox. 23, 14. Add

hrís

Grammar
hrís, Substitute: Twigs, small branches, brushwood
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Geleáf hrís frondes, 39, 69. Oð birnan hrís, C. D. v. 157, 16. ¶ Perhaps in a local name :-- Hé cóm tó Hrísbeorgan, vi. 184, 14: 197, 31. (Cf. Icel. Hrís-hóll as a local name). [v. N. E. D. rice.] See next word

hrífe

(adj.)
Grammar
hrífe, (?); adj.
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Þurh þá lond þe þá unárefnedlican cyn nǽdrena and hrífra wildeóra ( execrabilia serpentum et rapida ferarum beluarumque genera ) in wǽron, 6, 18.

hran

(n.)
Grammar
hran, hron, es; m.

A whalea mussel

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A whale, a mussel [?] Hran ballena, Wrt. Voc. 65, 62. Hron ballena velpilina, 281, 55. Hran musculus Ælfc. Gl. 102; Som. 77, 78; Wrt. Voc. 56, 1. On huntunge hranes in venationem balenæ, Coll. Monast. Th. 24, 25. Hér beóþ oft fangene seolas and hronas

Linked entries: hron hrond-

hrig

Similar entry: hrycg

hróf

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Add: the outside upper covering of a building, ceiling of a room, upper surface of a cave, &c. Hróf lacuna[r], Txts. 76, 109: lacunar, Wrt. Voc. ii. 50, 55: camara, 17, 16; tholus (tholus tectum de petris sine ligno, Ld. Gl. H. 40, 19), 122,