CLINGAN

Old English Dictionary Entry

CLINGAN

Old English Dictionary Entry

Part of speech: ic clinge, ðú clingst, he clingþ, Related words: for-clingan, ge-clungen.

Definitions

1 CLINGAN

pl. clingaþ; p. clang, pl. clungon; pp. clungen, geclungen. I. to wither, pine, to CLING [in this sense, rarely used in English] or shrink up; se contrahere, marcescere :-- Clang wæteres þrym ofer eástreámas: ís brycgade blǽce brimráde the glory of water shrank over river streams: ice bridged a pale water-road, Andr. Kmbl. 2522; An. 1262. Ic clinge marcesco, Ælfc. Gr. 35; Som. 38, 7. [Piers P. clyngen to shrink, wither, pine.] II. to CLING, stick close; circumcludere, includere.

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Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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