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pællen

  • adjective
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Grammar
pællen, pellen; adj.
Purple, rich or costly (of garments)
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  • Hé hyne on pællenre scýtan befeóld,

      St. And. 42, 13.

  • V. pællene weofodsceátas,

      Chart. Th. 429, 25.

  • Bicgaþ eów pællene cyrtlas, ðæt gé tó lytelre hwíle scínon swá swá róse,

      Homl. Th. i. 64, 13.

  • Se cyning gesýmde gold and seolfor and deórwurðe gymmas and pællene gyrlan uppon olfendas,

      458, 24.
  • Se ríca on his pællenum gyrlum cwyþ : 'Nis se loddere mid his tættecon mín gelíca,' 256, 8.

  • Se cásere dyde of his purpuran and his pellenan gyrlan,

      H. R. 103, 18.
Etymology
[Laym. pallen (curtel).]
Entry information
Citation

Bosworth, Joseph. “pællen.” 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/25116.

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  • pællen, adj.

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