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158 CLÆWEÐA -- CLIF.

clæwetða a clawing, scratching, Past. 11, 6; MS. Oth. v. cleweða.

cláf, pl. clifon clave, adhered; p. of clífan.

clam; gen. clammes; m. n? I. what is clammy, mud, clay; malagma, lutum :-- Wyrc swá to clame so work to clam [a clammy substance], Herb. 2, 11; Lchdm. i. 84, 3. Mid heardum weorcum clames operibus duris luti, Ex. l, 14. II. a bandage, what holds or retains, as a chain, net, fold, prison; vinculum :-- He ðé clamme belegde he loaded thee with a chain, Andr. Kmbl. 2386; An. 1194. Of ðæ-acute;m clammum with tnose chains, Bt. Met. Fox 1, 165; Met. 1, 83: Exon. 112a; Th. 429, 30; Rä. 43, 12. Gebindan æ-acute;renum clammum to bind with brazen bands, Cd. 200; Th. 248, 28; Dan. 520: Beo. Th. 2675; B. 1335: 1931; B. 963. v. clom; gen. clommes.

clám with claws, Exon. 59b; Th. 217, 8; Ph. 277; dat. of clá.

clamb, clomm, pl. clumbon climbed; p. of climan, climban.

cláne clean, clear, L. M. 2, 65; Lchdm. ii. 296, 6. v. clæ-acute;ne.

clang shrunk, Andr. Kmbl. 2522; An. 1262; p. of clingan.

clappan to CLAP, move, palpitate; palpitare, Som. Ben. Lye.

CLÁTE, an; f. The herb CLOT-bur, a bur that sticks to clothes, burdock, goose-grass, clivers; philanthropos = GREEK , lappa, arctium lappa, galium aparine, Lin :-- Ðás wyrte man philanthropos nemneþ, ðæt ys on úre geþeóde menlufigende, forðý heó wyle hrædlíce to ðam men geclyfian: ða man eác óðrum naman cláte nemneþ this herb is called philanthropes, that is in our language men-loving, because it will readily cleave to a man: it is also named by another name clivers, Herb. 174, 1; Lchdm. i. 306, 2-5: Ælfc. Gl. 40; Som. 63, 105; Wrt. Voc. 30, 53: 41; Som. 63, 108; Wrt. Voc. 30, 56: 66, 67. Cláte lappa, Wrt. Voc. 67, 75: 79, 41: Ælfc. Gl. 40; Som. 63, 91; Wrt. Voc. 30, 41. Wið ceolan swile clátan wyl on ealaþ for swelling of throat boil burdock in ale, L. M. 1, 12; Lchdm. ii. 56, 3: I. 45; Lchdm. ii. 110, 13: 2, 53; Lchdm. ii. 274, 3. Nim ða smalan clátan take the small burdock, 1, 39; Lchdm. ii. 100, 23. Genim doccan oððe clátan, ða ðe swimman wolde take dock or clote, such as would swim, 1, 50; Lchdm. ii. 122, 22. [Wyc. clote, cloote: Chauc. clote-lefe a leaf of the clot-bur: Ger. M. H. Ger. klette. f: O. H. Ger. kletta, kledda. f.]

CLÁÞ; gen. cláðes; m. CLOTH; pannus: in the plural, clothes; vestirnenta :-- Ne déþ nán man niwes cláðes scyp on eald reáf nemo immittit commissuram panni rudis in vestimentum vetus, Mt. Bos. 9, 16. Heó ða moldan on cláðe bewand she wound the mould in a cloth, Bd. 3, 11; S. 536, 8. Dó on cláþ put on a cloth, L. M. 2, 2; Lchdm. ii. 180, 5, 10, 28: 2, 47; Lchdm. ii. 262, 2. Awring þurh cláþ wring through a cloth, 2, 53; Lchdm. ii. 274, 7. Híg bewundon hine mid línenum cláðe ligaverunt illud linteis, Jn. Bos. 19, 40. Ðæt is heora bíwist; wæ-acute;pnu, and mete, and ealo, and cláðas this is their provision; weapons, and meat, and ale and clothes, Bt. 17; Fox 60, 5. Him wyrþ oftohen ðara cláða he is deprived of the clothes, 37, 1; Fox 186, 14: Bt. Met. Fox 25, 46; Met. 25, 23. Of ðínum cláðum a vestimentis tuis, Ps. Th. 44, 10: Exon. 18b; Th. 45, 27; Cri. 725: 28b; Th. 87, 12; Cri. 1424. Ruben tær his cláðas Reuben tore his clothes, Gen. 37, 29: Bt. 37, 1; Fox 186, 10. [R. Glouc. cloth: Laym. claðe, cloð, claed: Orm. claþ: Scot. claith, clayth: Plat. kleed: Frs. klaed: O. Frs. klath, klad, kleth, n: Dut. Kil. kleed, n: Ger. kleid, n: M. H. Ger. kleit, n: Dan. Swed. kläde, n: Icel. klæði, n.] DER. bearm-cláþ, cild-, feax-, heáfod-, sár-, swát-.

cláþ-scear a pair of shears. v. scear IV.

clatrung, e; f. Anything that makes a clattering, a drum, rattle; crepitaculum. Cot. 51.

clauster; gen. claustres; n. An inclosed place, a cloister; claustrum :-- Eálá ge cildra, gáþ út, bútan hygeleáste, to claustre, oððe to leorninge O vos pueri, egredimini, sine scurrilitate, in claustrum, vel in gymnasium, Coll. UNCERTAIN Monast. Th. 36, 9. Fæsten vel clauster claustrum, Ælfc. Gl. 109; Som. 79, 15; Wrt. Voc. 58, 56. v. clústor.

clawan, ic clawe; p. ede; pp. ed [clá a nail, claw] To CLAW; scalpere :-- Ic clawe scalpo, Ælfc. Gr. 28, 4; Som. 31, 20. [Dut. klaauwen: Ger. klauen: O. H. Ger. klawjan: Dan. klöe: Swed. klá: UNCERTAIN Icel. klá to scratch, klóask to fight with claws.]

clawu a nail, claw, hoof, Ælfc. Gr. 9, 28; Som. 11, 46; Wrt. Voc. 71, 66. v. clá.

clawung, e; f. [clá a claw] A pain, the gripes; tormina :-- Læ-acute;cedómas wið clawunga leechdoms for the gripes, L. M. cont. 2, 32; Lchdm. ii. 164, 16: 2, 32; Lchdm. ii. 236, 1.

cleacian; p. ode; pp. od To go nimbly, hurry; festinare, trepidare :-- He cleacode swíðe earhlíce to porte he hurried very timidly to town; in via totus trepidabat, M. H. 115a.

cleadur a clatter, drum, rattle; crepitaculum, Som. Ben. Lye.

cleáf, pl. clufon clove, separated; p. of cleófan.

cleáfa, an; m. A cellar; cellarium :-- Hwá gefylþ cleáfan his quis replet cellaria sua? Coll. Monast. Th. 28, 17. v. cleófa.

Clede-múþa, an; m. [the mouth of the river Cleddy] GLADMOUTH, CLEDMOUTH, South Wales :-- Hér Eádweard cyning getimbrede ða burh æt Cledemúþan in A. D. 921, king Edward built the burgh at Cledmouth, Chr. 921; Th. 194, 1-3, col. 3; Th. 195, 1-3, col. 1.

clemman; p. de; pp. ed [clam II. a chain] To fetter, bind, inclose; vincire, includere. DER. be-clemman.

clencan; p. te; pp. ed To CLINCH, hold fast; prehendere, prensare. v. be-clencan, Supl.

cléne clean, pure, clear, Ps. C. 50, 88; Ps. Grn. ii. 278, 88: Chr. 1110; Erl. 243, 1. v. clæ-acute;ne; adj.

cléne cleanly, entirely; penitus :-- Deópne ymblyt cléne ymbhaldeþ meotod the lord entirely upholdeth the deep expanse, Cd. 213; Th. 265, 14. v. clæ-acute;ne; adv.

clengan; p. de; pp. ed To exhilarate; exhilarare :-- Dreám clengeþ joy exhilarates. Exon. 107b; Th. 411, 6; Rä, 29, 8.

clénsian to cleanse, clear oneself, L. Win. UNCERTAIN 22; Th. i. 42, 4. v. clæ-acute;nsian.

cleó a claw, hoof, Ps. Th. 68, 32. v. clá.

cleof a cliff, rock, Exon. 101b; Th. 384, 15; Rä. 4, 28. v. clif.

cleófa, cleafa, cliófa, an; m. That which is cloven, a cleft, chasm, den, cell, chamber; cub&i-long;le, cellarium, cubiculum :-- On heora cleófum oððe holum híg beóþ gelogode in cubilibus suis collocabuntur, Ps. Lamb. 103, 22. Unriht he byþ smeágende on his cliófan iniquitatem meditatus est in cubili suo, Ps. Th. 35, 3. Sinewealt cleófa vel portic absida, Ælfc. Gl. 108; Som. 78, 122; Wrt. Voc. 58, 34. Ðeós sweoster wæs útgangende of hire cleófan hæc soror egressa est de cubiculo, Bd. 4, 9; S. 576, 31. DER. clústor-cleófa, ferhþ-, hord-, in-, nýd-. v. clýfa.

CLEÓFAN, ic cleófe, ðúclýfst, he clýfþ, pl. cleófaþ; p. cleáf, pl. clufon; pp. clofen To CLEAVE, separate, split; findere, dissecare :-- Cleófan secare, Glos. Prudent Recd. 149, 54: scindere, 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. 283. [Piers P. cleven: Chauc. cloven, pp: Orm. clofenn, pp; Plat. klöwen, klöven: O. Sax. klioban: UNCERTAIN Dut. klieven, klooven: Ger. klieben: M. H. Ger. kliuben, klieben: O. H. Ger. kliuban: Dan. klöve: Swed. klyfva: Icel. kljúfa.] DER. to-cleófan: cleófa, cleáfa, clýfa, clífa, bed-, clúster-, ferhþ-, gebed-, hord-, in-, nýd-.

Cleofes hoo Clif, near Rochester, Chr. 822; Th. 110, 14, col. 3. v. Clofes hoo.

cleofian, he cleófaþ, pl. cleofiaþ; p. ode; pp. od To cleave, adhere, stick; adhærere :-- Ða ðe him on cleófiaþ those who cleave to him, Exon. 97b; Th. 364, 20; Wal. 73. v. clifian.

cleopian; p. ode; pp. od To cry, call; clamare :-- Ic nú wille geornlíce to Gode cleopian I will now earnestly call upon God, Bt. 3, 4; Fox 6, 28: Andr. Kmbl. 2796; An. 1400. Ic cleopode to ðé clamavi ad te, Ps. Th. 118, 146, 147. v. clypian.

cleopigend, cleopend, es; m. A vowel; vocalis, Som. Ben. Lye.

cleopung, e; f. A cry; clamor, Mt. Rush. Stv. 25, 6. v. clypung.

cleót a clout, Som. Ben. Lye. v. clút.

cleóða, an; m. A plaster, salve, poultice; malagma :-- Ðone hálwendan cleóðan malagma, Mone B. 2976. v. clíða.

cleowen 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. v. cliwen.

clepian; p. ode; pp. od To cry, call; clamare, vocare :-- Ic clepode forðanðe ðú gehýrdest me eálá ðú God ego clamavi quoniam exaudisti me Deus, Ps. Lamb. 16, 6. v. clypian.

clepung, e; f. A calling; vocatio, clamor :-- Se nán clepunge ðæ-acute;rto ná hafde máre he had not any more calling thereto, Chr. 1129; Erl. 258, 9. Clepung mín on ansýne oððe on gesihþe his ineóde to his eárum clamor meus in conspectu ejus introivit in aures ejus, Ps. Lamb. 17, 7. v. clypung.

clerc, cleric, clerec, es; m. [Lat. Clericus = GREEK belonging to the clergy, clerical] A CLERK, clergyman, generally a deacon or priest; clericus :-- Gregorius wæs clerc Gregory was a priest, Chr. 1129; Erl. 258, 25: 1123; Erl. 250, 20. He dráf út ða clerca of ðe biscopríce he drove the clergy out of the bishopric, 963; Erl. 121, 13. Preóst oððe cleric clericus, Wrt. Voc. 71, 77. We læ-acute;raþ ðæt preósta gehwilc to sinoþe hæbbe his cleric we enjoin that every priest at a synod have his deacon, L. Edg. C. 4; Th. ii. 244, 14. Hí wæ-acute;ron ealle ðæs cynges clerecas they were all the king's clergy, Chr. 1085; Erl. 218, 22.

clerc-hád, cleric-hád, cleroc-hád, es; m. The clerical office, priesthood; sacerdotium, clericatus :-- Clerchádes man a man of the clerical order, Chr. 1123; Erl. 250, 11. Clerichád clericatus, C. R. Ben. 60. Clerochád clericatus, Cot. 45.

cleweða, clæweða, an; m. A clawing, scratching; scalpturigo, scalpurigo :-- Se giecþa [gicþa MS. Cot.] biþ swíðe unsár, and se cleweða [MS. Oth. clæweða] biþ swíðe rów, and ðeáh-hwæðere gif him mon tó longe fylgþ, he wundaþ, and wund sáraþ the itch is very free from pain, and the scratching is very comfortable, and yet if it be kept up too long, it produces a wound, and the wound is painful, Past. 11, 6; Hat. MS. 15b, 23. DER. clawu, clá a nail, claw.

CLIBBOR; adj. [clifian to cleave, adhere] Sticky, adhesive; tenax :-- Weá biþ wundrum clibbor grief is wonderfully adhesive, Menol. Fox 485; Gn. C. 13. [M. H. Ger. klëber: O. H. Ger. klebar adhesive.]

cliewe a clew, Som. Ben. Lye. v. clywe.

CLIF, clyf, cleof, es; n. A CLIFF, rock, steep descent, promon ory;