innelfe

== Old English == === Alternative forms === innefle, inelfe, inelve, inilve, innylfe inifli, innifli — early Mercian === Etymology === A metathesis of of earlier innefle, from Proto-West Germanic *innabali, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *innabalją. Cognate with Old Norse innyfli and Old High German innuovili. More at innyfli. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈinˌnel.fe/, [ˈinˌneɫ.ve] === Noun === innelfe n pl guts, viscera (internal organs) intestines, entrails (rare) uterus, womb ==== Declension ==== Strong ja-stem: === References === Cockayne, Th. O., 1864: Leechdoms, wortcunning and starcraft of early England. Being a collection of documents, for the most part never before printed, illustrating the history of science in this country before the Norman conquest. Vol. 2, Leech Book 3, chapter 37 and 73. Wright, Th., 1857: A volume of vocabularies: illustrating the condition and manners of our forefathers, as well as the history of the forms of elementary education and of the languages spoken on this island, from the tenth century to the fifteentht. P. 65.