cleowen
a clew ⬩ ball
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a clew, ball of thread or yarn, ball, Ælfc. Gl. 111; Som. 79, 68; Wrt. Voc. 59, 37: Exon. 59a; Th. 213, 17; Ph. 226
cliwen
A clew ⬩ a ball of thread, ball ⬩ glomus, globus
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Cleóne [= cleowene] glomere, 526. Cliowena globos, 1662
cleówe
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a clew Cleóuuae, cleúuue, clóuue glomer, Txts. 66, 472
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CLEÓFAN
To CLEAVE, separate, split ⬩ findere, dissecare
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To CLEAVE, separate, split; findere, dissecare Cleófan secare, scindere, Glos. Prudent Recd. 149, 54:150, 9. Bordweall clufon aforan Eádweardes Edward's sons clove the board-wall, Chr. 937; Th. 200, 38, col. 3; Æðelst. 5. Clufon, Byrht. Th. 140, 4; By
cleófan
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For first two references substitute Germ. 399, 451: 400, 498, dele all derivatives but tó-cleófan, and add Cleáfað hearta iuero scindite corda vestra, Rtl. 5, 4. On wintra erian and in miclum gefyrstum timber cleófan, Angl. ix. 261, 23. On þone cleofenan
Cleofes hoo
Clif
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Clif, near Rochester, Chr. 822; Th. 110, 14, col. 3
á-cleófan
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to split, cleave iiii. fóðera áclofenas gauolwyda, Cht. Th. 145, 5
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tó-cleófan
To cleave asunder
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To cleave asunder Ic tócleófe (-clefe, MS. J.) findo, Ælfc. Gr. 28, 6; Zup. 178, 5. Ic tóclǽfe, Engl. Stud. xi. 65, 38. Gif ðú ǽnne stán tóclífst, ne wyrþ hé nǽfre gegaderod swá hé ǽr wæs, Bt. 34, 11; Fox 150, 26. Tóclýfþ findit, i. rupit. Wrt. Voc.
cliwen
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Hí gesáwon fýren cleowen (cleawen, Cockayne) gefeallan and óðre síðe gylden cleowen, Mart. H. 2, 13. Cleowena globos, An. Ox. 1658
lúcan
To close ⬩ conclude ⬩ fasten ⬩ lock
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Siððan ða ýslan eft onginnaþ lúcan tógædere geclungne tó cleowenne afterwards the ashes begin to close up again, pressed to a ball; in massam cineres coactos, Exon. 59 a; Th. 213, 16; Ph. 225.
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tó-gædere
Together ⬩ union, ⬩ association, ⬩ joining, ⬩ mingling,
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Ða ýslan eft ouiginuaþ lúcan tógædere, geclungne tó cleowenne. ¨Exon. Th. 213, 17; Ph. 225. Hlemmeþ tógædre grimme góman, 363, 30; Wal. 61. In Danai ðære ié Asia and Europe hiera landgemircu tógædre licgaþ, Ors. I, 1; Swt. 8.