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CLǼNE

  • adjective
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Grammar
CLǼNE, cléne; se clǽna, seó, ðæt clǽne; m. clǽnra, f. n. clǽnre; clǽnest; adj.
Wright's OE grammar
§5; §134; §191; §276; §285; §310; §434; §438; §553;
CLEAN, pure, clear; mundus, purus, merus, serenus
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  • Ðonne án unclǽne gást biþ adrifen of ðæm men, ðonne biþ ðæt hús clǽne

    when an unclean spirit is driven out of a man, then the house is clean,

    • Past. 39, 1
      • ;
    • Hat. MS. 53a, 8
      • .

  • Swá swá clǽne nýten eodorcende in ðæt swéteste leóþ gehwyrfde

    quasi mundum animal ruminando in carmen dulcissimum convertebat,

    • Bd. 4, 24
      • ;
    • S. 598, 6: Homl. Th. i. 138, 20
      • .

  • Clǽne oflete, and clǽne wín, and clǽne wæter

    a pure oblation, and pure wine, and pure water,

    • L. Edg. C. 39
      • ;
    • Th. ii. 252, 13
      • .

  • Wæs seó lyft swíðe cléne

    the air was very clear,

    • Chr. 1110
      • ;
    • Erl. 243, 1
      • .

  • Se clǽna óþscúfeþ scearplíce

    the pure [bird] files quickly away,

    • Exon. 58a: Th. 209, 8
      • ;
    • Ph. 167
      • .

  • Ðæt land ic selle Cynulfe for syxtigum mancesa clǽnes goldes

    I sell the land to Cynulf for sixty mancuses of pure gold,

    • Cod. Dipl. 313
      • ;
    • A. D. 883
      • ;
    • Kmbl. ii. 111, 21
      • .

  • Calic on handa Drihtnes wínes [MS. win] clǽnes [MS. clænis] full is

    calix in manu Domini vini meri plenus,

    • Ps. Spl. 74, 7
      • .

  • Forbærne hit man on clǽnum fíre

    let a man burn it in a pure fire,

    • L. Edg. C. 38
      • ;
    • Th. ii. 252, 8: Exon. 55a
      • ;
    • Th. 194, 11
      • ;
    • Az. 137: Bt. Met. Fox 12, 9
      • ;
    • Met. 12, 5
      • .

  • Clǽnre heortan

    mundo corde,

    • Ps. Spl. 23, 4
      • .

  • Gebærnedne hláf clǽnne seóþ on ealdum wíne

    seethe pure toasted bread in old wine,

    • L. M. 2, 2
      • ;
    • Lchdm. ii. 180, 26
      • .

  • Cyning [MS. kynincg] sceal on Drihtne clǽne blisse habban

    a king shall have pure bliss in the Lord,

    • Ps. Th. 62, 9
      • .

  • Ne acyr ðú fram ðínum cnihte ðín clǽne gesihþ

    ne avertas faciem tuam a puero tuo,

    • 68, 17
      • .

  • Gewát him se hálga sécan ðone clǽnan hám

    the holy one departed to seek the pure home,

    • Andr. Kmbl. 1956
      • ;
    • An. 980
      • .

  • Húslfatu Caldéas clǽne genámon

    the Chaldeans took the clean vessels of sacrifice,

    • Cd. 210
      • ;
    • Th. 260, 10
      • ;
    • Dan. 707
      • .

  • Clǽnumstefnum

    with pure voices,

    • Elen. Kmbl. 1496
      • ;
    • El. 750
      • .

  • God ðone ǽrestan ælda cynnes of ðære clǽnestan foldan geworhte

    God made the first of the race of men from the purest earth,

    • Exon. 44b
      • ;
    • Th. 151, 12
      • ;
    • Gú. 794
      • .
chaste, innocent; castus, innoxius
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  • Clǽne

    castus,

    • Ælfc. Gl. 90
      • ;
    • Som. 74, 121
      • ;
    • Wrt. Voc. 51, 34
      • .

  • Clǽne [MS. cleane] oððe heofonlíc [MS. -lice] Cælebs,

    • Ælfc. Gr. 9, 49
      • ;
    • Som. 13, 13
      • .

  • Ðú byst clǽne

    absjue peccato eris,

    • Deut. 23, 22: Chr. 1066
      • ;
    • Erl. 198, 4
      • ;
    • Edw. 23
      • .

  • Gif heó clǽne sý

    if she be innocent,

    • L. Ath. V. § 1, 1
      • ;
    • Th. i. 228, 17: L. Eth. iii. 7
      • ;
    • Th. i. 296, 9
      • .

  • On háligra clǽnre cyricean

    in ecclesia sanctorum,

    • Ps. Th. 149, 1
      • .

  • Ic onféng fǽmnan clǽne

    I received a chaste damsel,

    • Exon. 10b
      • ;
    • Th. 12, 18
      • ;
    • Cri. 187
      • .

  • Ðone clǽnansacerd

    the pure priest,

    • 9b
      • ;
    • Th. 9, 18
      • ;
    • Cri. 136
      • .

  • Beón ða óðre ciǽne

    let the others be innocent,

    • Gen. 44, 10
      • .

  • Sint spræcu Drihtnes spræcu clǽne

    sunt eloquia Domini eloquia casta,

    • Ps. Lamb. 11, 7
      • .

  • Seó clǽneste cwén

    the most chaste woman,

    • Exon. 11b
      • ;
    • Th. 17, 26
      • ;
    • Cri. 276
      • .
Etymology
[
Piers P. clene:
Laym. clæne, clene, clane:
Orm. clene:
Plat. kleen parvus:
Frs. klien parvus:
O. Frs. klen parvus;
Dut. kleen little:
Kil. kleyn exilis, minutus:
Ger. klein parvus:
M. H. Ger. kleine subtilis, parvus:
O. H. Ger. kleini subtilis:
Dan. klein:
Swed. klen thin, slight:
Icel. klénn snug, tiny.
]
Derived forms
hyge-clǽne, un-
Linked entries
v.  cláne cléne.
Entry information
Citation

Bosworth, Joseph. “CLǼNE.” 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/6269.

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