CLÁ

Old English Dictionary Entry

CLÁ

Old English Dictionary Entry

Part of speech: cleó, clawu; Related words: 11, 4. Hearde cleó

Definitions

1 CLÁ

gen. dot. acc. clawe; pl. nom. acc. cleó, clawa, clawu, clawe; gen. clawena; dat. clám, clawum; f. A nail, CLAW, hoof; unguis, ungula :-- Fénix fýres láfe clám biclyppeþ the Phænix seizes the relics of the fire with its claws, Exon. 59b; Th. 217, 8; Ph. 277. Nægl oððe clawu unguis, Ælfc. Gr. 9, 28; Som. 11, 46. Wurdon forþaborene ísene clawa iron claws were brought forth, Homl. Th. i. 424, 19. Sume wǽron mid ísenum clawum totorene some were torn with iron claws, Homl. Th. i. 542, 30. Hóf oððe clawu ungula, Wrt. Voc. 71, 66. Ðe clawe ne todǽlaþ qui ungulam non dividunt, Lehard hoofs, Ps. Th. 68, 32. Hira clawe todǽlede beóþ their hoofs are divided, Leplacebit Deo super vitulum novellum producentem ungulas, Ps. Lamb. 68, 32. [Wyc. cle, clee a hoof: Wrt. Gl. 12th cent. p. 87, 26 clau ungula: O. Sax. cláuua, f. a claw, hoof: Frs. klauwe: O. Frs. klewe a claw: Dut. klaauw, m: Ger. klaue, f. unguis, ungula: M. H. Ger. klá, f: O. H. Ger. klawa, kloa, f. unguis, ungula: Dan. klo, m. f: Swed. klo, m: Icel. kló, f.] DER. clawan, clawung, cleweða. cla

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