Ribb

Bosworth & Toller Anglo-Saxon Old English Dictionary - ribb

According to the Old English Dictionary:

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ribb
n. A rib :-- Ribb costa, Wrt. Voc. i. 65, 17. Rib, ii. 105, 29. Ðá genam hé án ribb of his sídan and gefilde mid flǽsce ðǽr ðǽr ðæt ribb wæs. And geworhte ðæt ribb tó ánum wífmen, Gen. 2, 21-22. Hæfde fela ribba, Exon. Th. 415, 9; Rä. 33, 8. Rib reáfiaþ réðe wyrmas, 373, 21; Seel. 113. Hwílum cnysseþ ðæt sár on ða rib, Lchdm. ii. 258, 4. [O. H. Ger. rippa; f. rippi; n. : Icel. rif; n.]

Related words: hrycg-ribb. ribb

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