Old English Dictionary Entry

CALU

Part of speech: caluw; Related words: Kmbl. 42. [

Definitions

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1 CALU

adj. CALLOW, bald, without hair; calvus, glaber :-- Calu oððe hnot glaber [MS. glabrio], Ælfc. Gr. 9, 3; Som. 8, 36: Exon. 111b; Th. 427, 31; Rä. 41, 99. Monig man weorþ fǽrlíce caluw many a man becomes bald suddenly, ProWyc. calu: Plat, kaal: Frs. keal: Dut. kaal: Kil. kael: Ger. kahl: M. H. Ger. kal: O. H. Ger. chalo, chalaw: Lat. calvus: Ir. Gael. calbh: O. Slav. golu.] calu

Similar Words

-cafstrian
-cirre
-clips
-cnáwe
-cnáwlíce

Runic Inscription

ᚳᚪᛚᚢ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

Abbreviations Used

Common Abbreviations

Ger.: German
Lat.: Latin
O. H. Ger.: Old High German

Works & Authors

Exon.: Exeter Book
Gr.: Ælfric's Grammar
Som.: Somner's Dictionarium Saxonico-Latino-Anglicum
Th.: Thorpe, Benjamin (editor)
Ælfc.: Ælfric

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