grypinus
[cf. gryps]
, (ovum ~um) ‘griffin’s egg’ (ME gripes ei), term given to exotic eggshell of unusually large size, perh. ostrich egg.Cf.Bart. Angl.XIX 110: ova struthionis in ecclesiis suspenduntur ad ornatum propter eorum magnitudinem et raritatem; but cf.Ib.113: ova vulturis sunt magna [ME: gripe eiren beeþ grete]) Cf.gryps 2a.
a1222cornua eburnea iiij; item ova gripina iiijProcess. Sal.177; 1383iij ova griffinaAc. Durh.427.