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clǽne

  • adjective
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clǽne, adj.
Wright's OE grammar
§5; §134; §191; §276; §285; §310; §434; §438; §553;
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physical.
of metal, free from dross or
alloy
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  • Fífténe scillingas clǽnes feós,

      Cht. Th. 168, 16.

  • Mid claene feó, ðæt wæs mid clǽne golde,

      Txts. 175, 5.
of land,
free from hurtful growth, clear
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  • Ðone æcer ðe wæs mid ðornum áswógen . . . ðone æcer ðe stent on clǽnum lande (

    terram quae nullas spinas habuit

    ),
      Past. 411, 19.

  • Ðǽm folce ðe on clǽnum felda (

    in campo

    ) sige gefeohtað,
      227, 24.
fit for food
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  • Ic genime mé clǽne fixas tó mete,

      Coll. M. 23, 17.

  • Wyrta and ǽgra, fisc and cýse, buteran and beána and ealle clǽne þingc ic ete,

      34, 29.
clear, without defect
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  • Ꝥ eal se líchoma sý clánes híwes and glades and beorhtes,

      Lch. ii. 296, 6.

  • Habban eágan clǽne and hlúttre,

      Bt. 42; F. 256, 13.
free from impropriety
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  • Wið clǽnum legere

    if the death had not been a violent one

    (it was by drowning),
      Cht. Th. 206, 30.

  • Þá clǽnan þénunga

    lauta munia,

      Wrt. Voc. ii. 52, 51.
in a moral sense,
pure, sincere
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  • Ánfeald, clǽne, hlútor

    simplex,

      Wrt. Voc. ii. 74, 50.

  • Se láreów sceal bión clǽne (

    mundus

    ) on his móde,
      Past. 75, 18.

  • Þæt hié gehealdað hiera líchoman firenlusta clǽnne,

      40, 14.

  • Ne magon wé nǽfre gereccan þone yfelan mon clǽnne and untwifealdne,

      Bt. 36, 6; F. 182, 19.

  • Clǽne

    lautos (biblos ),

      Wrt. Voc. ii. 92, 44.
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v. ge-clǽne.
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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/41795.

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