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cleófa

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Grammar
cleófa, l. cleofa,
Wright's OE grammar
§401;
dele 'That . . ., chasm,' and add
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  • Hé hæfde ǽnne lícðrowere belocen on ánum clyfan . . . Ðá eóde Basilius tó ðám clyfan, ac se preóst nolde undón þá duru mid cǽge,

      Hml. S. 3, 480-4.
  • Sum déma hét hí belúcan on stǽnenum cleofan,

      Shrn. 103, 4.
  • Cleofan

    absidan,

      Wrt. Voc. ii. 92, 51.
  • Gefere þæne mannan on swíðe fæstne cleofan and wearmne,

      Lch. ii. 280, 11.
Etymology
[v. N. E. D. cleve. Icel. klefi, klifi a closet.]
Similar entries
v. ealu-, heáh-, máðum-cleofa.
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