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un-clǽne

  • adjective
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un-clǽne, adj.
Wright's OE grammar
§588;
in a physical sense, unclean, foul, filthy.
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v. un-clǽnness, clǽne.
as applied to animals or things, unclean, not fit for food
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  • Seó ǽ monig ðing bewereþ tó etanne swá swá unclǽne (

    inmunda

    ),
    • Bd. 1, 27
      • ;
    • S. 494, 33.

  • Hwæt gif hit unclǽne ( immundi ) beóþ fixas? Ic wyrpe ða unclǽnan út, and genime mé clǽne tó mete,

    • Coll. Monast. Th. 23, 15.

  • Ða óðre synd unclǽne (

    polluta

    ),
    • Lev. 11, 12.

  • Be swýnum and be óðrum unclǽnum nýtenum

    de porcis et de aliis impuris animalibus,

    • L. Ecg. C. 40, tit.
      • ;
    • Th. ii. 130, 31.
in a moral sense, unclean, impure
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  • Unclǽne

    incestus vel impurus,

    • Wrt. Voc. i. 50, 13:

    incestus,

    • 51, 35: 72, 13.

  • Se unclǽna ( inmundus ) gást,

    • Mk. 1, 26.

  • Woruldmonna seó unclǽne gecynd,

    • Exou. Th. 63, 9
      • ;
    • Cri. 1017.

  • Besmitene mid ðem unclǽnan firenluste,

    • Blickl. Homl. 25, 8.

  • Wæs sum man unclǽne ( inmundum ) deófol hæbbende,

    • Lk. Skt. 4, 33.

  • Unclǽne ingeþoncas,

    • Exon. Th. 80, 33
      • ;
    • Cri. 1316.

  • Unclǽnra

    inpudicarum,

    • Wrt. Voc. ii. 45, 14.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “un-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/32713.

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