Noun: ribb
Gender: n
Genitive
| Singular | ribbes |
| Plural | ribba |
Dative
| Singular | ribbe |
| Plural | ribbum |
Sample Sentences
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late 9th century, translation of Orosius’ History Against the Pagans
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...for þon hit is nǣdrena ġecynd þæt heora mǣġen ⁊ hiera fēþe bið on heora ribbum swā ōþerra crēopendra wyrma bið on heora fōtum. (...for it is the class of snakes whose movement is on their ribs, just as the motion of other creeping reptiles is with their feet.)
Nouns inflected like ribb
hildebord,
fierdfæreld,
mearcland,
berland,
furlang,
cynebearn,
sundorriht,
sweostorbearn,
feaxnett,
sandland,
sandcorn,
wuldorwerod,
wyrmcynn,
feldland,
cweartern,
feohland,
landfæsten,
sundcorn,
meterfers,
framfæreld, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *ribb, from Proto-Germanic *ribją.
Verbs referencing "ribb"
English Nouns
rib, Middle English Nouns
ribbe.
Translations