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heáfod-cláþ

(n.)
Grammar
heáfod-cláþ, es; n.

Head-cloth, head-dress

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Head-cloth, head-dress Heáfodcláþ vel cappa capitulum vel capitularium, Ælfc. Gl. 64; Som. 69, 14; Wrt. Voc. 40, 48

cláþ-weóce

(n.)
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cláþ-weóce, an; f.
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A small piece of cloth used as a wick Of bedrýpedum cláþe, of gedrýpydre cláþweócan linteolo ebrio (madido ), Germ. 391, 18

cild-cláþ

(n.)
Grammar
cild-cláþ, es; n.

A child-cloth, a swaddling-clothinfantilis pannus

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A child-cloth, a swaddling-cloth; infantilis pannus Hine mid cildcláðum bewand pannis eum involvit, Lk. Bos. 2, 7

hand-cláþ

(n.)
Grammar
hand-cláþ, es; n.

A hand-cloth, towela hand-towel

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A hand-cloth, towel Ic geseó Godes engel standende ætforan ðé mid, handcláþe, and wípaþ ðíne swátigan limu I see God's angel standing before thee with a handcloth, and he wipes thy sweaty limbs, Homl. Th. i. 426, 30

beód-cláþ

(n.)
Grammar
beód-cláþ, es; m.

A table-clothcarpethanginggausape

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A table-cloth, carpet, hanging; gausape = γαυσάπηs Ælfc. Gr. 9, 2; Som. 8, 28

sweor-cláþ

(n.)
Grammar
sweor-cláþ, es; m.
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A cloth for the neck, a collar Sweorcláþ collarium, Wrt. Voc. ii. 134, 48

heáfod-cláþ

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. ¶ the cloth used for wrapping the head of a dead person :-- Ic his líc behwearf mid gewunelicre þénunge, and þá þá gé mé wrehton, þá næs his heáfodcláþ eallunga fuldón, Hml. S. 31, 1425. Add

cláþ-scear

(n.)

a pair of shears

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a pair of shears

henge-clif

(n.)
Grammar
henge-clif, es; n.

A steep, precipitous cliffpræruptum

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A steep, precipitous cliff; præruptum, Ælfc. Gl. 101; Som. 77, 38; Wrt. Voc. 55, 43

cláþ-scear

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Dele

clif-hlép

(n.)
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Substitute: clif-hlíp (-hlép, -hlýp), es; m. A cliff-leap, a going headlong to destruction Clifhlép pessum (cf. pessum, pracceps, Corp. Gl. H. 92, 370: pessum spilth, 90, 213: ofer clif per praeceps (v. clif)), Wrt. Voc. ii. 117, 6 ( = Corp. Gl. H.

clif-stán

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Substitute Clifstánas cautes, Wrt. Voc. ii. 18, 16. Neólnes tóweaxen mid mycelnessum þára clifstána praecipitium saxorum molibus asperum, Gr. D. 159, 26. Hé sceolde beón tósliten for þám clifstánum ( scopulis ) þe þǽr gehwǽr út sceoredon of þám munte

clif-wyrt

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Clifwyrt clitum, Lch. iii. 303, col. 1. Add

cliþ-wyrt

(n.)
Grammar
cliþ-wyrt, e; f.
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Clivers; rubea minor Genim ðá smalan cliðwyrt, Lch. iii. 50, 8. v. clif-wyrt, and preceding word

cluf-þung

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Clufþung batrachium, Wrt. Voc. i. 66, 70. Mid ǽttrigere clufþunge (clyf-, An. Ox. 896) letali toxa, Hpt. Gl. 427, 55. Add

ecg-clif

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ecg-clif, Add: A cliff with an edge or brink (? v. ecg;
).

fót-cláþ

(n.)
Grammar
fót-cláþ, es; m.
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A patch Fótcláð commissuram, Mt. L. 9, 16

ge-cliht

Similar entry: ge-clyccan

ge-clyft

(adj.)
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cleft, split Geclyfte sectilem, Germ. 393, 152. [Cf. O.H. Ger. kluftig fissilis: Ger. kliiftig.]

Linked entry: -clyft

heáh-clif

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Add: — Swá bið eác gelíce be þám heáclifum þonne hí hlifiað feor úp ofer þá óðre eorðan, Wlfst. 262, 10. Cf. heáh-torr