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hrycg

  • noun [ masculine ]
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Grammar
hrycg, es; m.
Wright's OE grammar
§112; §274; §319; §352;
a back of a man or animal; dorsum, spina
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  • Hricg

    dorsum,

    • Ǽlfc. Gl. 74
      • ;
    • Som. 71, 47
      • ;
    • Wrt. Voc. 44,30.
    • Hricc, Blickl. Gl.
    .

  • Swylce mé wǽre se hrycg forbrocen

    dum configitur [confringitur, Ps. Surt.] spina,

    • Ps. Th. 31, 4.

  • Hiora hrygc simle gebiéged ... se hrygc ðæt sint ða hiéremenn ... se hrycg færþ æfter ǽlcre wuhte

    dorsum illorum semper incurva ... qui subsequenter inhærent dorsa nominantur,

    • Past. 1, 4
      • ;
    • Swt. 29, 9-14.

  • Hét gewríðan ðone pápan and ðone óðerne preóst tó his hricge hindan,

    • Homl. Th. ii. 310, 31
      • :
    • 416, 10.

  • Pricaþ innan ðán sculdru[m] and on ðan hrigge swilce ðár þornas on sý

    there are prickings in the shoulders and back as if there were thorns in,

    • Lchdm. iii. 120, 10.

  • Ne hé on horses hrycge cuman wolde

    non equorum dorso vectus,

    • Bd. 3, 5
      • ;
    • S. 526, 28.

  • Se cyning hæfde his hrycg him tó hliépan

    ut ipse acclinis humi regem super adscensurum in equum dorso adtolleret,

    • Ors. 6, 24
      • ;
    • Swt. 274, 24.

  • Ðonne went hé his hrycg tó him

    jam terga in ejus faciem mittit,

    • Past. 52, 4
      • ;
    • Swt. 407, 8
      • :
    • Lchdm. iii. 242, 13.

  • Of hry[g]um

    de spinis,

    • Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 7, 16.

  • Hrygas

    spinæ,

    • 13, 7.
a ridge, rigg [of barley, etc; see Halliw. Dict. rig], high line of continuous hills, an elevated surface
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  • Anlang hrycges tó ðære eorþburh

    along the ridge to the earthen fort,

    • Cod. Dipl. Kmbl. iii. 411, 21.

  • Eal bútan ánan hrycge,

    • 19, 4.

  • West ðonan on ðone hrycg,

    • 416, 17.

  • Ofer ðæs temples hricg

    supra pinnam templi,

    • Lk. Skt. 4, 9.

  • Com ic on sǽs hricg

    veni in altitudinem maris,

    • Ps. Th. 68, 2.

  • Ofer sǽs hrygc,

    • Lchdm. iii. 34, 16.

  • Sende ic ofer wæteres hrycg ealde mádmas

    I sent across the water old treasures,

    • Beo. Th. 947
      • ;
    • B. 471.

  • On wæteres hricg,

    • Salm. Kmbl. 38
      • ;
    • Sal. 19.

  • Ǽr ðon wé tó londe geliden hæfdon ofer breóne hrycg

    ere to land we came across the rough sea,

    • Exon. 20 b
      • ;
    • Th. 53, 31
      • ;
    • Cri. 859.

  • Rídan ýða hrycgum

    to ride on the crests of the waves,

    • 101 b
      • ;
    • Th. 384, 25
      • ;
    • Rä. 4, 33.
Etymology
[
Laym. rugge
:
A. R. rug
:
Ayenb. reg
:
Havel. rig
:
Piers P. rugge
:
Prompt. Parv. rygge, of a lond porca
:
Icel. hryggr back, spine; a ridge
:
Dan. rug
:
O. H. Ger. hrucki dorsum, tergum
:
Ger. rücken.
]
Similar entries
v. stán-, sund-hrycg. The word under the forms rig, ridge may be found in many compounds among various dialects. See E. D. S. Reprinted Glossaries, Halliwell's Dictionary, and Jamieson's Scottish Dictionary.
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v.  hric hrig hryc.
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Citation

Bosworth, Joseph. “hrycg.” In An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online, edited by Thomas Northcote Toller, Christ Sean, and Ondřej Tichy. Prague: Faculty of Arts, Charles University, 2014. https://bosworthtoller.com/19863.

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