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clǽne

  • adjective
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Grammar
clǽne, <b>; II.</b>
Wright's OE grammar
§5; §134; §191; §276; §285; §310; §434; §438; §553;
for first passage see leger;
, and add; II a. free from encumbrance or
obligation
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  • Sealde . . . seó scír his land clǽne, þá hé hit unforbodan and unbesacan bohte,

      Cht. Th. 376, 14.

  • Ðis wæs úre ealra seht. Wulfstán and his sunu sealdon þæt and clǽne Leófríce, arid Leófríc and Wulfstán and Wulfríc þám bisceope, clǽne land and unbesacan,

      377, 12-18.
  • [Ælfred hauet yseld his land sacleás and clǽne (pacifice ei quiete), C. D. iv.; II. for first passage see leger;
, and add: II a. free from encumbrance or obligation
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  • Sealde . . . seó scír his land clǽne, þá hé hit unforbodan and unbesacan bohte,

      Cht. Th. 376, 14.

  • Ðis wæs úre ealra seht. Wulfstán and his sunu sealdon þæt and clǽne Leófríce, arid Leófríc and Wulfstán and Wulfríc þám bisceope, clǽne land and unbesacan,

      377, 12-18.
  • [Ælfred hauet yseld his land sacleás and clǽne (pacifice ei quiete), C. D. iv.
      199, 7.
    ] II b. free from what is shameful, of ground used for burial,

    hallowed,

III.
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v. leger;
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Citation

Bosworth, Joseph. “clǽne.” 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/61775.

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  • clǽne, adj.

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