cliewe
a clew
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a clew, Som. Ben. Lye
cliwen
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Gewint hé ( the hedgehog) tó ánum cliewene (cliw-, v. l. ), Past. 241, 11. On fýrenum cliwene (cleow-, clyw-, v. ll. ), Gr. D. 171, 17. Cleowne (cliowene, v. l. ), 272, 15. Suelce se láreów hæbbe án cliwen on his honda, Past. 241, 24.
cliowen
a clew, ball
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a clew, ball, Mone B. 1662
cliwen
A clew ⬩ a ball of thread, ball ⬩ glomus, globus
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A clew, anything that is globular, a ball of thread, ball; glomus, globus Cliwen glomus, Wrt. Voc. 66, 18: 82, 8: 282, 1. Clywen glomus, Ælfc. Gl. 28; Som. 61, 5; Wrt. Voc. 26, 4. Cleowen glomer, globellum, Ælfc. Gl. 111; Som. 79, 68; Wrt. Voc. 59, 37
ge-windan
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Add: intrans. of movement, by living things, to roll together, roll up Se iil . . . sóna suá hiene mon geféhð, suá gewint hé tó ánum cliéwene ericius . . . mox ut apprehensus fuerit, semetipsum in sphaeram colligit, Past. 241, 11. by inanimate things
igil
A hedgehog ⬩ porcupine ⬩ an urchin
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Se iil ǽrðæm hé gefangen weorðe mon mæg gesión ǽgðer ge his fét ge his heáfod ac sóna swá hiene mon geféhþ swá gewint hé tó ánum cliewene and tíhþ his fét swá hé inmest mæg and gehýt his heáfod ericius cum apprehenditur, ejus et caput cernitur, et pedes
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ge-hýdan
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Þám þe unrihte inne gehýdde wrǽte under wealle, B. 3059. to hide in order to shield Gewint se iil tó ánum cliéwene, and tíhð his fét suá hé inmest mæg, and gehýt his heáfod ( caput abscondit ), Past. 241, 12.