hrif
The womb ⬩ belly ⬩ uterus ⬩ venter
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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
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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
The mid-riff ⬩ the diaphragm ⬩ separating the heart from the stomach ⬩ the 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
hrif-téung
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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
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a womb Gemétte hé hí bearn hæbbende on hire gehrife, Hml. A. 134, 595
hrif-wirc
yleos
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A pain in the belly; yleos. Ælfc. Gl. 10; Som. 57, 16; Wrt. Voc. 19, 24
HRÍM
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
A storm ⬩ tempest
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A storm, tempest Hríd hreósende the driving storm, Exon. 78 a; Th. 292, 20; Wand. 102
hrís
A twig ⬩ branch ⬩ RISE
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A twig, branch, RISE Hrís frondes, Cot. 93, Lye
hrið
Fever
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Fever Fefer ðæt is micel hǽto and hrið [MS. hruð], L. M. 2, 24; Lchdm. ii. 214, 7
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HRÓF
A ROOF ⬩ the top ⬩ summit
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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
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
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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
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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
A whale ⬩ a 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
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,