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§96; §101; §344;
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  • Andlang clifes middeweardes,

      C. D. iii. 82, 11.

  • Oð ðæs clifes norðhyldan,

      418, 25.

  • Tó ðæs clifes westende,

      419, 6.

  • Fram þám heán clife

    ab alta rupe,

      Gr. D. 52, 22.

  • Ꝥ wæter wæs sweart under þǽm clife neoðan,

      Bl. H. 211, 2: 209, 34.

  • Ðá stánas swá of óðrum clife út sceoredon,

      207, 20.

  • On ðǽm sǽs clife,

      Ors. 4, 13; S. 210, 31.

  • Abies ꝥ treówcyn þý clyfe weóx,

      Nar. 8, 22.

  • Ofer clif

    per preceps

    (v.
      Mt. 8, 32), Wrt. Voc. ii. 72, 35.

  • Ealle ðá clifu (

    rupes

    ) þe neáh þǽm sǽ wǽron forburnan tó ascan,
      Ors. 5, 4; S. 226, 4.

  • Cliofum

    cautibus,

      Wrt. Voc. ii. 16, 16.

  • Hí on heán clifum (cleofum, v. l.) wunedon

    uitam in rupibus arduis agebant,

      Bd. 1, 15; Sch. 44, 2. v. hnut-, sǽ-clif.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “clif.” 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/41852.

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