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cleweða

  • noun [ masculine ]
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Grammar
cleweða, clæweða, an; m.
A clawing, scratching; scalpturigo, scalpurigo
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  • Se giecþa [gicþa MS. Cot.] biþ swíðe unsár, and se cleweða [MS. Oth. clæweða] biþ swíðe rów, and ðeáh-hwæðere gif him mon tó longe fylgþ, he wundaþ, and wund sáraþ

    the itch is very free from pain, and the scratching is very comfortable, and yet if it be kept up too long, it produces a wound, and the wound is painful,

    • Past. 11, 6
    • ;
    • Hat. MS. 15b, 23
    • .
Derived forms
clawu, clá, a nail, claw.
Linked entries
v.  clæwetða.
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  • cleweða, n.