Hrycg-brædan

Bosworth & Toller Anglo-Saxon Old English Dictionary - hrycg-brædan

According to the Old English Dictionary:

-brǽdan ?

hrycg-brædan
; pl. The parts of the back which stand out on the right and left side :-- Smyre ábútan ðane swyran and ábútan ða hrigbræde smear the neck and on either side of the spine, Lchdm. iii. 118, 24. [Cf. lenden-brædena (gen. pl.) and O. H. Ger. ruggi-bratun palæ, sunt dorsi leva dextraque eminentia membra, where see the remark under brat as to the vowel.] hrycg-brædan

Related words: Grff. iii. 284-5,

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