for-neted cli
a trout
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glosses cyprinus, Wrt. Voc. ii. 105, 72. Cf. (?) forn a trout
CLÍFAN
To CLEAVE, adhere ⬩ adhærere
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To CLEAVE, adhere; adhærere
clyfer-féte
Claw-footed, talon-footed, cloven-footed ⬩ fissipes
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Claw-footed, talon-footed, cloven-footed; fissipes Ða fugelas ðe be flǽsce lybbaþ syndon clyferféte the birds which live by flesh are cloven-footed, Hexam. 8; Norm. 14, 19
clymmian
To climb ⬩ scandere
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To climb; scandere Leóht clymmaþ light ascends [climbeth ], Salm. Kmbl. 829; Sal. 414
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clifrian
To claw, scratch ⬩ scabere
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To claw, scratch; scabere Ic clifrige scabo, Ælfc. Gr. 28, 6; Som. 32, 25
clýfa
A chamber ⬩ cubiculum, cubile ⬩ A cave, den ⬩ antrum, caverna, cubile
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a separate place for man, — A chamber; cubiculum, cubile Ne máge we hreppan ǽnne wyrm binnon ðlnum clýfan we may not touch a worm in thy chamber, Homl. Th. ii. 416, 23. On díglum oððe on incófan, oððe on clýfum in cubīlibus, Ps. Lamb. 4, 5. On his incófan
CLIMBAN
To CLIMB ⬩ scandere, ascendere
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To CLIMB; scandere, ascendere Clumbon [MS. Clumben] upp to ðe stépel climbed up to the steeple, Chr. 1070; Erl. 209, 9. Clumbon [MS. Clumben] upp to ðe hálge róde climbed up to the holy cross, Erl. 209, 6
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burg-steall
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Helde, burhsteal cliv(i)um, i. discensum (cf. cum ascenderent clivum civitatis, I Reg. ix. 11. v. Angl. xix. 463), Wrt. Voc. ii. 131, 72. Cf. tún-steall
beorh-stal
A hill-seat ⬩ dwelling on a hill ⬩ sedes super collem vel clivum
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A hill-seat, dwelling on a hill; sedes super collem vel clivum
clyf-wyrt
clivers, fox-glove
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clivers, fox-glove, Ælfc. Gl. 40; Som. 63, 91; Wrt. Voc. 30, 41: 79, 41
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fen-hliþ
A fen-slope ⬩ bank of a fen ⬩ păluster clīvas ⬩ pălūdis rīpa
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A fen-slope, bank of a fen; păluster clīvas, pălūdis rīpa Scolde Grendel fleón under fenhleoþu Grendel must flee under the fen-slopes, Beo. Th. 1645; B. 820
burg-stal
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A hill-seat, dwelling on a hill; sedes super collem vel clivum. Cot. 209. The name of places built on a hill, as Burstall in Suffolk, Borstall in Kent and Oxfordshire, etc
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burh-hleoþ
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A fortress-height, the hill on which a city is built; clivus montis, in quo arx vel urbs sita est Forbærned burhhleoðu scorched fortress-heights, Cd. 146; Th. 182, 3; Exod. 70.
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beorh-hliþ
A mountain-height ⬩ mountain-brow ⬩ montis clivus vel fastigium
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A mountain-height, mountain-brow; montis clivus vel fastigium Under beorhhliðe under the mountain-height Elen. Kmbl. 1572; El. 788 : 2015; El. 1009.
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cnoll
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Þá mǽran cnollas almos clivos, Hpt. 31, 18, 515. Ofer þá pirescan cnollas trans pirenas ninguidos, Germ. 397, 540. v. mǽr-, stán-cnoll. Add
á-bítan
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[Þu starest so þu wille abiten al þat þu miht mid clivre smiten, O. and N. 77. O. H. Ger. ar-pízan percutere, occidere.]
healh
a corner ⬩ an angle ⬩ cave ⬩ closet ⬩ recess ⬩ a bay
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In streánæs halæ (hęlę, hale, v. ll. ), 147, 378. the word occurs not infrequently in the charters, and in the single instance where it appears to be explained it seems to mean a stony slope: In quoddam petrosum clivum et ex eo Baldwines healh appellatur