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clǽne

  • adverb
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clǽne, adv.
Wright's OE grammar
§5; §134; §191; §276; §285; §310; §553;
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clean, so as to leave nothing remaining
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  • Dó ꝥ fám of clǽne,

      Lch. ii. 94, 8, 20.

  • Feormige man þone pyt clǽne

    purgetur puteus,

      Ll. Th. ii. 220, 20.

  • Wé habbað Godes hús inne and úte clǽne berýpte,

      Wlfst. 157, 18.

  • Nán gesceaft swá cléne onwæg ne gewít, þæt hí æft ne cume, ne swá clǽne ne forwyrð, ꝥ hí tó hwan*-*hwugu ne weorðe,

      Shrn. 198, 17, 18.

  • Swǽ clǽne hió (

    learning

    ) wæs oðfeallenu,
      Past. 3, 13.

  • Ǽlcere synne swá clǽne ámerede, swá ǽfre ǽnig gold mæg clǽnost ámerod weorðan,

      Wlfst. 96, 14.
in full, without reservation
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  • Man sealde Godwine clǽne his eorldóm, swá full and swá forð swá hé fyrmest áhte,

      Chr. 1052; P. 180, 29. [O. H. Ger. chleino.
    ]
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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/41796.

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  • clǽne, adv.

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