Clypiendlíc

Old English Dictionary Entry

Clypiendlíc

Old English Dictionary Entry

Part of speech: clypigendlíc, clipigendlíc; Related words: sylf-swégend. clypiendlic

Definitions

1 clypiendlíc

adj. Making a vocal sound; vocalis [from vox, vocis the voice] :-- Syndon fíf vocales, ðæt synd clypigendlíce, a, e, i. o, u. Ðás fíf stafas æteówiaþ heora naman þurh hí silfe, and búton ðám stafum ne mæg nán word beón awriten, and forðí híg sind quinque vocales gehátene there are five vocales, a, e, i, o, u, which are vocal [sounds]. These five letters indicate their names by themselves, and without these letters no word can be written, and therefore they are called the five vocal sounds, Ælfc. Gr. 2; Som. 2, 44-46. Consonantes, ðæt is samod-swégende, forðanðe hí swígaþ mid ðám fíf clypigendlícum consonants, that is, sounding together, because they are made articulate by the five vocal sounds, Som. 2, 50.

Runic Inscription

ᚳᛚᚣᛈᛁᛖᚾᛞᛚᛁᚳ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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