clerc
- noun [ masculine ]
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Gregorius wæs clerc
Gregory was a priest,
- Chr. 1129 ;
- Erl. 258, 25: 1123 ;
- Erl. 250, 20.
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He dráf út ða clerca of ðe biscopríce
he drove the clergy out of the bishopric,
- 963 ;
- Erl. 121, 13 .
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Preóst oððe cleric
clericus,
- Wrt. Voc. 71, 77 .
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We lǽraþ ðæt preósta gehwilc to sinoþe hæbbe his cleric
we enjoin that every priest at a synod have his deacon,
- L. Edg. C. 4 ;
- Th. ii. 244, 14 .
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Hí wǽron ealle ðæs cynges clerecas
they were all the king's clergy,
- Chr. 1085 ;
- Erl. 218, 22 .
Bosworth, Joseph. “clerc.” 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/6326.
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