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CLOM

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1 CLOM

gen. clommes; m; clam; gen. clammes; m. A band, bond, clasp, bandage, chain, prison; vinculum, carcer :-- Habbaþ me swá helle clommas fæste befangen the clasps of hell have so firmly grasped me, Cd. 19; Th. 24, 6; Gen. 373. Ðes wítes clom this bond of torture, 215; Th. 271, 10; Sat. 103. Dysne wites clom this bond of torment, 216; Th. 274, 21; Sat. 157: 223; Th. 293, II; Sat. 453. On ðissum fæstum clomme in this fast bondage, 21; Th. 26, 17; Gen. 408. Clommum fæste fast in bonds, Andr. Kmbl. 260; An. 130. Cealdan clommum with cold bands, 2425; An. 1214. DER. bealu-clom, fýr-, hæfte-, helle-, wæl-, wíte-, wundor-. gen. clammes; m. clomm climbed; scandit; p. of climan. clom
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Runic Inscription

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Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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An.
Andreas (OE poem)
Andr.
Andreas (OE poem)
Cd.
Codex Diplomaticus Saxonici (Kemble)
Gen.
Genesis (OE poem)
Th.
Thorpe, Benjamin (editor)
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