HREIFI

flipper

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m.

1) wrist, = úlfliðr;

2) the hand and fingers;

3) seal’s fin, flipper.

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a, m. the wrist, Edda 110, Fms. i. 167, Sturl. ii. 104, Bs. i. 658:—sels-hreifi, a seal’s fin, Eb. 272; and so in mod. usage.