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cliroc

(n.)
Grammar
cliroc, es; m.

A clerk, priestclericus

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A clerk, priest; clericus Cliroc hine clǽnsie let a clerk clear himself, L. Wih. 19; Th. i. 40, 17

Linked entry: clerc

ge-cwician

(v.)
Grammar
ge-cwician, -cwycian; p. ode, ude; pp. od, ud [cwician to quicken]

To quickencreatevivĭfĭcerecreāre

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Heortan clǽne gecwica in me God cor mundum crea in me Deus, Ps. Surt. 50, 12. Ðæt ðú me on rihtes rǽd gecwycige in æquĭtāte tua vivĭfĭca me, Ps. Th. 118, 40. He bebeád and gecwicode synd ipse mandāvit et creāta sunt, Ps. Spl. C. 32, 9 : 101, 19.

hlutor

Grammar
hlutor, l. hlútor,

clearbrightshiningsplendidbrightuntroubledpeaceclearsplendidgloriousillustriousbrilliantguiltdeceitpuresincere

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.: Kyning sceal on Drihtne clǽne blisse, hlúttre habban rex laetabitur in Domino, Ps. Th. 62, 9.

Linked entry: hlútor-líce

sýfre

(adj.)
Grammar
sýfre, adj.
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Clǽne and rihte and séfre castique recti ac sobrii, Hymn. Surt. 19, 5. Ða clǽnheortan . . . ða ðe heora líchaman geclǽnsiaþ mid sýfrum þeáwum, Homl. Skt. ii. 23 b, 43. Clǽnust and sýfrust ( sincera ) gebedes átihtincg, Scint. 35, 14

Linked entries: séfre sífre

ge-fýlan

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Ic þé wille biddan ꝥ deóflu . . . mínne clǽn[n]e líchaman ne gefýlan, Hml. A. 172, 65. Speccan blæccan gefýlede (saecularis) scoriae atramento foedatos, An. Ox. 653. Add

wiþ-útan

(adv.)
Grammar
wiþ-útan, adv. prep.

Withoutwithoutoutside ofwithoutwithout

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Clǽnsa ǽryst ðæt wiðinnan ys calices and disces, ðæt hit sí clǽne ðæt wiðútan ys mundatis quod deforis est calicis et parapsidis . . . Munda prius quod intus est calicis et parapsidis, ut fiat et id, quod deforis est, mundum, Mt. Kmbl. 23, 25-26.

Linked entry: wiþ-innan

hyrel

(n.)
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Andlang ðære fyrh ðæt hit cymþ tó hyrel; ðonne þwyres ofer hyrel on ða furh ofer clǽnan dúne, Cod. Dipl. Kmbl. iii. 435, 9

nídinga

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Gyf ðú nédinga hyre on ne sóhtest, þonne wǽre heó clǽne, Hml. A. 135, 656. Add

ge-gilda

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Syndon ðis ðá forword þe . . . þá gegyldan gecoren habbað . . . æt ǽlcon gegyldan ǽnne peningc . . . æt twám gegyldum ǽnne brádne hláf . . . sceóte ǽlc gegylda ǽnne gyldsester fulne clǽnes hwǽtes, Cht. Th. 605, 17-606, 8.

hreófla

(n.)
Grammar
hreófla, leprosy.
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Se hreófla wearð nyðer áfeallen, ꝥ hys lýchama wæs clǽne, 192, 319. Heliseus gehǽlde Naaman fram ðám atelicum hreóflan, Hml. S. 18, 310. Ðú mínne hreóflan (cf. heó on eallum limum egeslice wunda hæfde, 266) gehǽldest, 7, 322.

rǽden-gewrit

(n.)
Grammar
rǽden-gewrit, es; n.
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A writing containing a condition or stipulation, a written agreement, a note of hand Ic him sealde úre ágen rǽdengewrit, ðæt wǽre him tó ðam geráde ðæt land tó lǽten, ðe mon ǽlce gére gesylle fífténe scillingas clǽnes feós ðam bisceope, Chart.

Linked entry: rǽding-gewrit

mæsse-reáf

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Mæssepreóst sceal habban clǽne mæssereáf, Ll. Th. ii. 384, 3. ÞreÓ þéningbéc . . . and án mæssereáf, Cht. Crw. 23, 27. Habbað eów mid swylc mæssereáf and swylce hÚselfata swylce gé mid risnum þá þénunga þénian magon, Ll. Th. ii. 404, 26.

fléte

(n.)
Grammar
fléte, fliéte, flýte, an; f: flét, e; f. [fleótan to float]

What floats on the surfaceCreamskimmingcurdsflos lactislactis crĕmor exemptuscoagŭlum

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Hafa clǽne flétan have clean curds, L. M. 1, 2; Lchdm. ii. 38, 19. Menge wið flétan, and nán óðer molcen þicge let him mingle it with curds, and eat no other milk-food, L. M. 2, 51; Lchdm. ii. 264, 26

Linked entries: flét fliéte

un-geleáfsum

(adj.)
Grammar
un-geleáfsum, adj.

Unbelievinginfidelnot Christian

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Ðám ungeleáfsumum ( infidelibus ) nóht biþ clǽne, Bd. 1, 27; S.494, 40. Hé ungeleáfsume ( incredulos ) tó Cristes geleáfan getrymede, 3, 19; S. 547, 10

Linked entry: ge-leáfsum

un-clǽnsod

(adj.)
Grammar
un-clǽnsod, adj.

Not purified

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Not purified Ðý læs ǽnig unclǽnsod dorste on swá micelne háligdóm fón ðære clǽnan ðegnenga ðæs sacerdhádes ne non purgatus adire quisque sacra ministeria audeat, Past. 7; Swt. 51, 1

Linked entries: clǽnsian un-geclǽnsod

on-hyriend

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His þæs clǽnan lífes onhergend (-hyrgend, v. l.) imitatores suos in virtutibus, Gr. D. 23, 2. Add

un-forrotigendlíc

(adj.)
Grammar
un-forrotigendlíc, adj.

Not liable to decayimperishableincorruptible

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Not liable to decay, imperishable, incorruptible Beó his calic of clǽnum antimbre geworht unforrotigendlíc, gylden oððe seolfern oððe tinen, L. Ælfc. C. 22; Th. ii. 350, 23. Unforrotiendlíc, 36; Th. ii. 360, 42

Linked entry: -rotigendlíc

gebyrd-boda

(n.)
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Summo de throno . and þǽre clǽnan . Clara voce . þe gebyrdboda (þá gebyrd bodade?) . bona voluntate . ꝥ heó sceolde cennan . Christum regem, Dóm. L. 36, 17. (?)

cud

(n.)
Grammar
cud, cudu, es; n?

A CUDwhat is chewed rumen

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A CUD, what is chewed; rumen Ðe heora cudu ne ceówaþ: ða clǽnan nýtenu ðe heora cudu ceówaþ which chew not the cud: the clean beasts which chew their cud M. H. 138b

óþ-scúfan

(v.)
Grammar
óþ-scúfan, to push (intrans.)
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Him se clǽna ðǽr óþscúfeþ scearplíce (the Phenix moves off quickly from the attendant birds) ðæt hé in scade weardaþ on wudubearwe wéste stówe biholene and bihýdde hæleþa monegum dirigit in Syrian. celeres longaeva volatus, secretosque petit deserta per