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hrif

  • noun [ neuter ]
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hrif, rif, es; n.
The womb, belly; uterus, venter
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  • 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. Gl. 74
    • ;
    • Som. 71, 55
    • ;
    • Wrt. Voc. 44, 38.
  • Wið hrifes áþundennesse

    for puffing of the visceral cavity,

    • Lchdm. iii. 70, 24.
  • Of módur hrife mínre

    de utero matris meæ,

    • Ps. Th. 138, 11
    • :
    • 70, 5.
  • Of hryfe

    ex utero,

    • Ps. Spl. 21, 8.
  • On hrife ðære á clǽnan fǽmnan,

    • Blickl. Homl. 33, 15.
  • Bán biþ funden on heortes heortan hwílum on hrife

    a bone is found in a hare's heart, sometimes in its belly,

    • L. Med. ex Quadr. 2, 17
    • ;
    • Lchdm. i. 338, 6.
  • Ácsedon hwider hie fleón woldon ðæt hie óðer gener næfden búton hie on heóra wífa hrif gewiton

    quærentes, num in uteros uxorum vellent refugere,

    • Ors. 1, 12
    • ;
    • Swt. 54, 4.
  • Lácnung on ðæt hrif tó sendanne

    to send medicine into the belly,

    • L. M. 2, 32
    • ;
    • Lchdm. ii. 234, 19.
  • Þurh mínre módor hrif,

    • Exon. 111 a
    • ;
    • Th. 424, 27
    • ;
    • Rä. 41, 44
    • :
    • 14 a
    • ;
    • Th. 27, 4
    • ;
    • Cri. 425.
Etymology
[
O. Frs. rif, ref
:
O. H. Ger. href, ref uterus.
]
Similar entries
v. mid-hrif.
Linked entries
v.  in-gehrif.
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