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CLÁ

  • noun [ feminine ]
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Grammar
CLÁ, cleó, clawu; clawe; cleó, clawa, clawu, clawe; clawena; clám, clawum; f.
A nail, CLAW, hoof; unguis, ungula
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  • Fénix fýres láfe clám biclyppeþ

    the Phænix seizes the relics of the fire with its claws,

    • Exon. 59b
      • ;
    • Th. 217, 8; Ph. 277
      • .

  • Nægl oððe clawu

    unguis,

    • Ælfc. Gr. 9, 28
      • ;
    • Som. 11, 46
      • .

  • Wurdon forþaborene ísene clawa

    iron claws were brought forth,

    • Homl. Th. i. 424, 19
      • .

  • Sume wǽron mid ísenum clawum totorene

    some were torn with iron claws,

    • Homl. Th. i. 542, 30
      • .

  • Hóf oððe clawu

    ungula,

    • Wrt. Voc. 71, 66
      • .

  • Ðe clawe ne todǽlaþ

    qui ungulam non dividunt,

    • Lev. 11, 4
      • .

  • Hearde cleó

    hard hoofs,

    • Ps. Th. 68, 32.

  • Hira clawe todǽlede beóþ

    their hoofs are divided,

    • Lev. 11, 3
      • .

  • Gelícaþ Gode ofer cealf iungne forþbringende clawu [clawa, Spl.]

    placebit Deo super vitulum novellum producentem ungulas,

    • Ps. Lamb. 68, 32
      • .
Etymology
[
Wyc. cle, clee a hoof:
Wrt. Gl. 12th cent. p. 87, 26 clau ungula:
O. Sax. cláuua, f. a claw, hoof:
Frs. klauwe:
O. Frs. klewe a claw:
Dut. klaauw, m:
Ger. klaue, f.unguis, ungula:
M. H. Ger. klá, f:
O. H. Ger. klawa, kloa, f. unguis, ungula:
Dan. klo, m. f:
Swed. klo, m:
Icel. kló, f.
]
Derived forms
clawan, clawung, cleweða
Linked entries
v.  clawu cleó.
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Citation

Bosworth, Joseph. “CLÁ.” In An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online, edited by Thomas Northcote Toller, Christ Sean, and Ondřej Tichy. Prague: Faculty of Arts, Charles University, 2014. https://bosworthtoller.com/6259.

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