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cealre

  • noun [ masculine ]
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Grammar
cealre, calwer, es; m.
calmaria, gabalacrum; Pressed curds, a jelly made of curds or sour milk
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  • Cealre[MS. cealfre]

    calmaria

    ,
    • Wrt. Voc. 290, 33.

  • Nim súr molcen, wyrc to cealre,and beþ mid ðý cealre

    take sour curds, work them to a jelly, and foment with the jelly,

    • L. M. 1, 39
      • ;
    • Lchdm. ii. 98, 25, 26.

  • Súr meolc wyrce cealre, and beðe mid cealre

    work sour milk into jelly, and foment with the jelly,

    • Lchdm. iii. 42, 26.

  • Gewirc niwne cealre

    make new jelly,

    • L.M. I, 44
      • ;
    • Lchdm. ii. 108, 13.

  • Nim þa wyrta and wyrce togadere swá micel swá cealras

    take the herbs and wort them together as thick as curds,

    • Lchdm. iii. 118, 14.

  • Calwer

    gabalacrum,

    • Cot. 96.
Derived forms
cealer-bríw.
Linked entries
v.  calwer celras.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “cealre.” In An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online, edited by Thomas Northcote Toller, Christ Sean, and Ondřej Tichy. Prague: Faculty of Arts, Charles University, 2014. https://bosworthtoller.com/5921.

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