hand-spor
A talon, claw
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A talon, claw, Beo. Th. 1976; B. 986
un-tóclofen
Uncloven
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Uncloven Ða ðe synd gehófode on horses gelícnysse untóclofenun clawum, Homl. Skt. ii. 25, 45
Linked entry: tó-cleófan
clawian
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To claw, scratch Ic clawige scalpo, Ælfc. Gr. Z. 170, 11 note
CLÍFAN
To CLEAVE, adhere ⬩ adhærere
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To CLEAVE, adhere; adhærere
hæfern-bite
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a crab's claw Cancer crabba, forceps hæfer[n]bite. Wrt. Voc. ii. 128, 7
Linked entries: bite hæfer-blíte
un-réðe
Not fierce ⬩ gentle
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Not fierce, gentle Wé rǽdaþ be ðære culfran gecynde, ðæt heó is unréðe on hire clawum, Homl. Th. ii. 44, 25
Linked entry: réðe
clifer
A claw, talon ⬩ ungula
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A claw, talon; ungula Clifras [MS. cifras] ungulas, Glos. Prudent. Recd. 150, 37. Clifra ungularum, 149, 7
Linked entry: clifrian
slítan
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Ic ofercóm þæs cwelleres tintregu, . . . þá slítendan cláwa, Hml. S. 8, 189. Add Hé ongienð slítan (lacessere) his inngeðonc, Past. 227, 11
on-beran
To diminish, enfeeble, impair, destroy
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Ǽghwylc gecwæþ ðæt him heardra nán hrínan wolde íren ǽrgód ðæt ðæs aglǽcan blódge beadufolme onberan wolde everyone agreed that no weapon would wound Grendel's claws, no sword would destroy (or harm) the monster's hand, Beo. Th. 1985; B. 990
ísen
Iron
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Ðá wurdon hrædlíce forþ áborene ísene clútas and ísene clawa and ísen bedd ... Decius cwæþ 'Lecgaþ ða ísenan clútas háte glówende tó his sídan,' 424, 18-35
CEÓWAN
To CHEW, gnaw, eat, consume ⬩ ruminare, manducare
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Ðæt híg eton ða nýtenu ðe hira clawe todǽlede beóþ and ceówaþ omne quod habet divisam ungulam, et ruminat in pecoribus, comedetis, Lev. 11, 3, 4. Hí cuwon heora girdlas, and gærs ǽton they chewed their own girdles, and ate grass, Ælfc.
Linked entry: cuwon
egl
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Ox. 2361. a talon, claw Egl unheóru, B. 987. [v. N. E. D. ail.] Cf. egenu
tó-cleófan
To cleave asunder
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Ða nýtenu synd clǽne ðe tócleófaþ heora cláwa, Homl. Skt. ii. 25, 55. Tócleáf findit, Wrt. Voc. ii. 37, 32. Se réða kyning hine tócleáf on twá, Ælfc. T. Grn. 9, 21. Tócleófende sulcans, Wülck. Gl. 254, 21.
hengen
a cross ⬩ a rack
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Hé hét ðone hálgan wer on hencgene áhæbban, and mid ísenum cláwum clifrian his lima, and ontendan blysan æt bám his sídum, 14, 42. 'Ástreccað hine, and swingende geangsumiað.' Laurentias ðá ástreht on ðǽre hengene (cf. hé hine (St.