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CALU

  • adjective
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Grammar
CALU, caluw; adj.
Wright's OE grammar
§436;
CALLOW, bald, without hair; calvus, glaber
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  • Calu oððe hnot

    glaber [MS. glabrio ],

      Ælfc. Gr. 9, 3; Som. 8, 36: Exon. 111b; Th. 427, 31; Rä. 41, 99.
  • Monig man weorþ fǽrlíce caluw

    many a man becomes bald suddenly,

      Prov. Kmbl. 42.
Etymology
[Wyc. calu: Plat, kaal: Frs. keal: Dut. kaal: Kil. kael: Ger. kahl: M. H. Ger. kal: O. H. Ger. chalo, chalaw: Lat. calvus: Ir. Gael. calbh: O. Slav. golu.]
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v.  caluw.
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  • CALU, adj.