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cliwen

  • noun [ neuter ]
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Grammar
cliwen, clywen, cleowen, cliowen, es; n. [cliwe = clywe]
Wright's OE grammar
§350; §600;
A clew, anything that is globular, a ball of thread, ball; glomus, globus
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  • Cliwen

    glomus,

    • Wrt. Voc. 66, 18: 82, 8: 282, 1
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  • Clywen

    glomus,

    • Ælfc. Gl. 28
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    • Som. 61, 5
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    • Wrt. Voc. 26, 4
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  • Cleowen

    glomer, globellum,

    • Ælfc. Gl. 111
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    • Som. 79, 68
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    • Wrt. Voc. 59, 37
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  • Án cliwen gódes nettgernes

    one ball of good net-yarn,

    • Cod. Dipl. Apndx. 461
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    • A. D. 956
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    • Kmbl. iii. 451, 7
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  • Cliwenes

    globi,

    • Mone B. 560
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  • Mintan wel getrifulade meng wið hunig, wyrc to lytlum cliwene

    mingle mint, well triturated, with honey, make it into a little ball,

    • L. M. 1, 48
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    • Lchdm. ii. 122, 11
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  • Ða ýslan onginnaþ lúcan togædere geclungne to cleowenne

    the ashes begin to combine together shrunk up into a ball,

    • Exon. 59a
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    • Th. 213, 17
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    • Ph. 226
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  • Aráfaþ ðæt cliwen ðære twífaldan heortan

    unravels the clew of the double heart,

    • Past. 35, 5
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    • Hat. MS. 46b, 2
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  • Men gesáwon scínan æt his hnolle swilce fýren clywen

    men saw shining on his crown as it were a fiery circlet,

    • Homl. Th. ii. 514, 2
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  • Cliwene

    glomere,

      Mone B. 3713.
  • Cleóne [= cleowene]

    glomere,

    • 526.
  • Cliowena

    globos,

    • 1662.
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v.  cleawen cleówe cleowen cliowen CLYWE clywen.
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  • cliwen, n.