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clam

  • noun [ masculine ]
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Grammar
clam, clammes; m. n?
Wright's OE grammar
§335;
what is clammy, mud, clay; malagma, lutum
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  • Wyrc swá to clame

    so work to clam [a clammy substance ],

    • Herb. 2, 11
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    • Lchdm. i. 84, 3
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  • Mid heardum weorcum clames

    operibus duris luti,

    • Ex. l, 14
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a bandage, what holds or retains, as a chain, net, fold, prison; vinculum
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  • He ðé clamme belegde

    he loaded thee with a chain,

    • Andr. Kmbl. 2386
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    • An. 1194
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  • Of ðǽm clammum

    with tnose chains,

    • Bt. Met. Fox 1, 165
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    • Met. 1, 83: Exon. 112a
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    • Th. 429, 30
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    • Rä. 43, 12.
  • Gebindan ǽrenum clammum

    to bind with brazen bands,

    • Cd. 200
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    • Th. 248, 28
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    • Dan. 520: Beo. Th. 2675
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    • B. 1335: 1931
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    • B. 963
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Similar entries
v. clom; gen. clommes.
Linked entries
v.  CLOM helle-clam.
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  • clam, n.