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clíða

  • noun [ masculine ]
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Grammar
clíða, clýða, an; m.
A plaster, salve, poultice; emplastrum, malagma = μάλαγμα
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  • Se wítega Isaias worhte ðam cyninge Ezechie clíðan to his dolge

    the prophet Isaiah made for king Hezekiah a plaster for his sore,

    • Homl. Th. i. 476, 1
      • .

  • Clíða

    malagma,

    • Wrt. Voc. 74, 9: Ælfc. Gr. 9, 1
      • ;
    • Som. 8, 22
      • .

  • Man sceal him wyrcean clíðan tofóran his heáfde

    one must make him a poultice for his forehead,

    • Lchdm. iii. 8, 13, 16
      • .

  • Swylce ðǽr clýða togelǽd wǽre

    as if a poultice were laid there,

    • Herb. 51, 2
      • ;
    • Lchdm. i. 154, 18.

  • Ðyssa wyrta genim ða læssan, wyrc to clýðan

    take the lesser of these herbs, make it into a poultice,

    • 143, 5
      • ;
    • Lchdm. i. 266, 15: 173, 4
      • ;
    • Lchdm. i. 304, 15
      • .

  • Genim ðyssa wyrta wyrtruman, gecnucude mid ele, and mid hwǽtenan meluwe, and mid sápan, ðam gemete ðe ðú clýðan wyrce

    take roots of these herbs, pounded with oil, and with wheaten meal, and with soap, in the manner in which thou wouldst make a poultice,

    • 184, 4
      • ;
    • Lchdm. i. 322, 14: 130, 1
      • ;
    • Lchdm. i. 240, 21: 125
      • ;
    • Lchdm. i. 236, 21
      • .
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v.  cleóða clýða.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “clíða.” 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/6360.

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