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CLYPPAN

  • verb [ weak ]
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Grammar
CLYPPAN, p. clypte; pp. clypt
Wright's OE grammar
§112; §291; §530;
To embrace, clasp, CLIP, cherish; complecti, amplexari
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  • Ðæt he his mondryhten clyppe and cysse

    that he embrace and kiss his lord

    • Exon. 77a;
    • Th. 289, 2;
    • Wand. 42.

  • Náwuht ðes woruldgielp is ðe hie clyppaþ and lufiaþ

    this worldly glory is worthless which they embrace and love

    • Past. 41, 1;
    • Hat. MS. 563, 3.

  • Ðá Laban gehírde ðæt Iacob wæs cumen his swustor sunu, ðá arás he togeánes and clypte hine

    cum audisset Laban venisse Iacob filium sororis suæ, cucurrit obviam ei complexusque eum

    • Gen. 29, 13.

  • Iosep clypte hira ǽlcne and cyste híg and weóp

    amplexatus et osculatus est Ioseph et ploravit super singulos

    • 45, 15.

  • Ongan seó abbudisse clyppan and lufian ða Godes gife

    abbatissa amplexata gratiam Dei

    • Bd. 4, 24;
    • S. 598, 1.

  • Hine sybbe and lufu swylce clyppeþ

    justitia et pax complexæ sunt se

    • Ps. Th. 84, 9.

  • Clyppende

    amplexans

    • Prœm. R. Cone.

  • Hý hí lufan fæste clyppaþ

    they firmly clasp them with love

    • Exon. 107a;
    • Th. 409, 8;
    • Rä. 27, 26.

  • Heáfodswíma heortan clypte

    insensibility seized his heart

    • Cd. 76;
    • Th. 94, 30;
    • Gen. 1569.

  • Ǽghwæðer óðerne earme beþehte, cyston hie and clypton

    each embraced the other with his arm, they kissed and clasped each other

    • Andr. Kmbl. 2031
      • ;
    • An. 1018.
Etymology
Piers P. Chauc. Wyc.clippe
Laym. cluppe
Orm.clippenn
O. Frs. kleppa
Dan. klippe
Swed. Icel. klippa.
Derived forms
be-clyppan,, bi-,, ymb-
Linked entries
v.  be-clyppan.
Entry information
Citation

Bosworth, Joseph. “CLYPPAN.” 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/6407.

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