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célan

  • verb
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Wright's OE grammar
§7; §129; §310; §530; §643;
Add: v. trans. To make cool, slake thirst
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  • Se úplica sǽ céleð ðǽra tungla hǽto,

      Shrn. 63, 7.
  • Wæter célde þá ísena,

      Hml. S. 36, 392.
  • Wolde ic mínne þurst célan,

      Nar. 8, 28.
  • Seó ádl mid cealdum þingum biþ tó célanne ... scealt þú ǽrest þá hǽto célan midcellendre,

      Lch. ii. 82, 3-6.
Etymology
[v. N. E. D. keel. O. H. Ger. chuolen: Icel. kœla.]
Similar entries
v. ge-célan.
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  • célan, v.