wundor-clam
A wondrous clasp
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A wondrous clasp Wæs gebunden deóran since duru ormǽte, wundurclommum bewriþen, Exon. Th. 19, 33; Cri. 310
wæl-clam
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A fatal bond Forgif mé mennen ðe ðú áhreddest wera wælclommum ( captivity in which they might have been slain ? ), Cd. Th. 128, 17; Gen. 2128
fér-clam
A sudden seizing ⬩ arreptio repentīna angustiæ perīcŭlōsæ
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A sudden seizing; arreptio repentīna angustiæ perīcŭlōsæ, Grn. Exod. 119. v. oferclamme, clam, clom
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bearm-cláþ
A BARME-CLOTH ⬩ a bosom-cloth ⬩ an apron ⬩ sinui imposita mappula
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A BARME-CLOTH [Chauc. The Milleres Tale, 3237], a bosom-cloth, an apron; sinui imposita mappula Bearmcláþ mappula, Wrt. Voc. 26, 68
bed-clýfa
A bed-chamber ⬩ closet ⬩ cubile hominis ⬩ cubiculum
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A bed-chamber, closet; cubile hominis, cubiculum Gang into ðínum bedclýfan infra in cubiculum tuum, Mt. Bos. 6, 6
Linked entries: bed-cófa bedd-clýfa gebed-clýfa
clǽn-líce
Purely, cleanly ⬩ puré
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Purely, cleanly; puré, L. Ælf. C. 36; Th. ii. 360, 25
cláþ-scear
a pair of shears
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a pair of shears
feax-cláþ
A head-cloth ⬩ hair-band ⬩ fillet ⬩ fascia crīnālis
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A head-cloth, hair-band, fillet; fascia crīnālis, Cot. 93
gebed-clýfa
A den ⬩ spēlunca
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A den; spēlunca Swá swá leo on gebedclýfan quăsi leo in spēlunca, Ps. Spl. C. second 9, 10 : 103, 23
hand-cláþ
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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
heáfod-cláþ
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Head-cloth, head-dress Heáfodcláþ vel cappa capitulum vel capitularium, Ælfc. Gl. 64; Som. 69, 14; Wrt. Voc. 40, 48
hed-cláþ
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A thick upper garment of coarse material, like a chasuble, Med. ex Quadr. 4, 17; Lchdm. i. 346, 17
níd-clamm
Necessity ⬩ need ⬩ distress
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Necessity, need, distress Of neád-clammum heora hé álǽdde de necessitatibus eorum eduxit, Ps. Lamb. 106, 28
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bed-clýfa
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In bedcleofan (cubili) his, Ps. Srt. 35, 5. Bedcleofum cubilibus, 4, 5: 149, 5. Add
bord-cláþ
A table-cloth ⬩ mappella
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A table-cloth; mappella, An. Ox. 56, 22
clǽg-willa
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clǽn-georn
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Celibatus, i. sine uxore vir, vel viduatus, vel abstinentia virginitatis clǽngeorn; celibes, i. casti, steriles celestem vitam ducentes clǽngeorne, Wrt. Voc. ii. 130, 49-53. Sýn hý clǽngeorne, R. Ben. 140, 7. Add:
clǽn-heort
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Ic wæs unsceðþende and clǽnheort, Shrn. 139, 23. Se unscæððiga on handum and se clǽnheorta innocens manibus et mundo corde, Ps. L. 23, 4. Eádige synd þá clǽnheortan þe on clǽnnysse lybbað. Hí efenlǽcað Críste þe ðá clǽnnysse ástealde, Hml. A. 47, 563