Ge-clǽnsian

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ge-clǽnsian

Add:, ge-clásnian. I. to cleanse an object from impurity (gen. or prep.). (1) physical :-- Gold womma gehwylces geclǽnsod, El. 1311. Seolfur earðan geclásnad argentum terrae purgatum. Ps. Srt. 11, 7. (2) to cleanse from sin, purify from evil :-- Dryhten geclásnað (mundet) sawle his, Ps. Srt. 40, 3. From scyld mínre geclásna mec, 50, 4. ꝥ wé úre mód geclǽnsian from yfelum wordum, Bl. H. 39, 3. Úre heortan geclǽnsian from óþrum geþóhtum, 21, 4. Geclǽnsod lustratus, Wrt. Voc. ii. 50, 26: El. 1035: Ps. C. 74. Wyrð hé eallra synna geclǽnsod, Past. 413, 31. Fulwihtes geryne wé sýn geclǽnsude, An. Ox. 40, 18. (3) to clear, prove innocent of a charge :-- Þá witan gerehton þæt heó sceolde hire fæder hand geclǽnsian ... and heó ... geclǽnsude hire fæder þæs ǽgiftes (she cleared her father of the charge that he had not repaid the money), Cht. Th. 201, 33-202, 6. Hé hine ǽlces þinges geclǽnsode þe him mann onsǽde, Chr. 1022; P. 157, 5. Gif man esne tihte, his dryhten hine his áne áðe geclǽnsie (-clénsige, 12), Ll. Th. i. 42, 7. Geswicne (geclénsie, ) sé hine, 110, 16: 112, 3: 134, 12. Búton hé hine mid fulre láde wið mé geclǽnsian mæge, Cht. E. 231, 2. II. to remove impurity from an object :-- Wé oft ágyltað; þonne sculon wé on þǽre forhæfdnesse ... ꝥ geclǽnsian, Bl. H. 35, 17. v. un-geclsǽnsod. ge-clænsian

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