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clerc

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clerc, cleric.
Add: one of the secular (as opposed to monastic) clergy
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  • Ic secge þé, lá cleric, on þín eáre,

      Angl. viii. 300, 14.
  • On gewittnesse Byrhtstánes mæssepreóstes and on clerices þe þis gewrát,

      Cht. E. 255, 30.
  • Wolde ic ꝥ þá ǽðela(n) clericas ásceócon fram heora andgites orðance ǽlce sleacnysse,

      Angl. viii. 301, 4.
  • Ús þingð tó langsum ꝥ wé ealne þisne cwide on Englisc clericum geswutelion,

      300, 7.
  • Hé was underfange of þám hádesmannum þe him ealra uneáðest was, ꝥ was clerican,

      Chr. 995; P. 128, 20.
  • Hé ongan tó tellende þám pápan eal embe þá clericas,

      P. 130, 31.
Etymology
[O. H. Ger. chlirih: Icel. klerkr.]
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v. cliroc
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