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cliwen

  • noun [ neuter ]
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Grammar
cliwen, clywen, cleowen, cliowen, es; n. [cliwe = clywe]
Wright's OE grammar
§350; §600;
A clew, anything that is globular, a ball of thread, ball; glomus, globus
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  • Cliwen

    glomus,

    • Wrt. Voc. 66, 18: 82, 8: 282, 1
      • .

  • Clywen

    glomus,

    • Ælfc. Gl. 28
      • ;
    • Som. 61, 5
      • ;
    • Wrt. Voc. 26, 4
      • .

  • Cleowen

    glomer, globellum,

    • Ælfc. Gl. 111
      • ;
    • Som. 79, 68
      • ;
    • Wrt. Voc. 59, 37
      • .

  • Án cliwen gódes nettgernes

    one ball of good net-yarn,

    • Cod. Dipl. Apndx. 461
      • ;
    • A. D. 956
      • ;
    • Kmbl. iii. 451, 7
      • .

  • Cliwenes

    globi,

    • Mone B. 560
      • .

  • Mintan wel getrifulade meng wið hunig, wyrc to lytlum cliwene

    mingle mint, well triturated, with honey, make it into a little ball,

    • L. M. 1, 48
      • ;
    • Lchdm. ii. 122, 11
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  • Ða ýslan onginnaþ lúcan togædere geclungne to cleowenne

    the ashes begin to combine together shrunk up into a ball,

    • Exon. 59a
      • ;
    • Th. 213, 17
      • ;
    • Ph. 226
      • .

  • Aráfaþ ðæt cliwen ðære twífaldan heortan

    unravels the clew of the double heart,

    • Past. 35, 5
      • ;
    • Hat. MS. 46b, 2
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  • Men gesáwon scínan æt his hnolle swilce fýren clywen

    men saw shining on his crown as it were a fiery circlet,

    • Homl. Th. ii. 514, 2
      • .

  • Cliwene

    glomere,

      Mone B. 3713.

  • Cleóne [= cleowene]

    glomere,

    • 526.

  • Cliowena

    globos,

    • 1662.
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v.  cleawen cleówe cleowen cliowen CLYWE clywen.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “cliwen.” 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/6361.

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  • cliwen, n.

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