ribbe

English

Noun

ribbe (plural ribbes)

1. Obsolete form of rib.
   • 1658, Sir Thomas Browne, Urne-Burial (Penguin 2005, p. 15)

     But from the exility of bones, thinnesse of skulls, smallnesse of teeth, ribbes, and thigh-bones; not improbable that many thereof were persons of minor age, or women.

Anagrams

• bribe

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Danish

Verb

ribbe (imperative rib, infinitive at ribbe, present tense ribber, past tense ribbede, perfect tense har ribbet)

1. remove (almost) everything; plunder

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Middle Dutch

Etymology

From Old Dutch *ribba, from Proto-Germanic *ribjō.

Noun

ribbe f

1. rib

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Alternative forms

• rebbe

Descendants

• Dutch: rib
• West Flemish: rebbe

Further reading

• “ribbe”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
• Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “ribbe”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN