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CLÁÞ

  • noun [ masculine ]
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Grammar
CLÁÞ, cláðes; m.
Wright's OE grammar
§133; §301; §335;
CLOTH,; pannus: in the plural, clothes; vestirnenta
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  • Ne déþ nán man niwes cláðes scyp on eald reáf

    nemo immittit commissuram panni rudis in vestimentum vetus,

    • Mt. Bos. 9, 16
      • .

  • Heó ða moldan oncláðe bewand

    she wound the mould in a cloth,

    • Bd. 3, 11
      • ;
    • S. 536, 8
      • .

  • Dó on cláþ

    put on a cloth,

    • L. M. 2, 2
      • ;
    • Lchdm. ii. 180, 5, 10, 28: 2, 47
      • ;
    • Lchdm. ii. 262, 2
      • .

  • Awring þurh cláþ

    wring through a cloth,

    • 2, 53
      • ;
    • Lchdm. ii. 274, 7
      • .

  • Híg bewundon hine mid línenum cláðe

    ligaverunt illud linteis,

    • Jn. Bos. 19, 40
      • .

  • Ðæt is heora bíwist; wǽpnu, and mete, and ealo, and cláðas

    this is their provision; weapons, and meat, and ale and clothes,

    • Bt. 17
      • ;
    • Fox 60, 5
      • .

  • Him wyrþ oftohen ðara cláða

    he is deprived of the clothes,

    • 37, 1
      • ;
    • Fox 186, 14: Bt. Met. Fox 25, 46
      • ;
    • Met. 25, 23.

  • Of ðínum cláðum

    a vestimentis tuis,

    • Ps. Th. 44, 10: Exon. 18b
      • ;
    • Th. 45, 27
      • ;
    • Cri. 725: 28b
      • ;
    • Th. 87, 12
      • ;
    • Cri. 1424
      • .

  • Ruben tær his cláðas

    Reuben tore his clothes,

    • Gen. 37, 29: Bt. 37, 1
      • ;
    • Fox 186, 10
      • .
Etymology
[
R. Glouc. cloth:
Laym. claðe, cloð, claed:
Orm. claþ:
Scot. claith, clayth:
Plat. kleed:
Frs. klaed:
O. Frs. klath, klad, kleth, n:
Dut. Kil. kleed, n:
Ger. kleid, n:
M. H. Ger. kleit, n:
Dan. Swed. kläde, n:
Icel. klæði, n.
]
Derived forms
bearm-cláþ, cild-, feax-, heáfod-, sár-, swát-
Linked entries
v.  clǽþ.
Entry information
Citation

Bosworth, Joseph. “CLÁÞ.” 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/6294.

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