单词 | gryph |
释义 | † gryphn. Obsolete. 1. A griffin. ΘΚΠ the world > the supernatural > supernatural being > hybrid creature or monster > [noun] > (egg of) griffin gripec1275 griffin13.. gripe's egg1391 grypha1398 griffiness1834 a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add. 27944) (1975) II. xvi. lii. 853 Griphes kepen þis stoon [sc. Iaspis] as þay doon smaragdus. c1425 Wynton Cron. i. x. 576 Gryphys [v.r. grypis] gret ner~hande thaim ar And dragownys. 1579 T. Twyne tr. Petrarch Phisicke against Fortune ii. Ep. Ded. 154 a What strange..conflictes doth..desire of golde raise vp betweene the people Arimaspi and the Gryphes? 2. A vulture. Also figurative. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > order Falconiformes (falcons, etc.) > family Accipitridae (hawks, etc.) > [noun] > vultures or a vulture gripea1250 vulturec1374 griffin1382 bawtere1486 grape?a1500 geir1565 gryph1570 carrion crow1699 aasvoel1821 carrion-vulture1829 1570 J. Foxe Actes & Monumentes (rev. ed.) I. 125/2 The grype wyth talaunt, the dog wyth his tooth. 1574 E. Hellowes tr. A. de Guevara Familiar Epist. 316 They did eate, a Gripe in potage, and a Goose in pickle. 1584 R. Scot Discouerie Witchcraft xi. xiii. 202 Plinie reporteth that griphes flie alwaies to the place of slaughter. 1587 J. Hooker tr. Giraldus Cambrensis Vaticinall Hist. Conquest Ireland ii. xviii. 43/1 in Holinshed's Chron. (new ed.) II Argent three griphs or geires gules crowned gold: this griph or geire is a kind of an eagle. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online March 2021). < n.a1398 |
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