Old English Dictionary Entry

Clypnys

Part of speech: clypenes, -nyss, -ness, e;

Definitions

1 definitions

1 clypnys

f. An embrace; complexus :-- To clypnysse ðæs heofonlícan brýdguman eádig fǽmne ineóde ad complexum sponsi cælestis virgo beata intraret, Bd. 3, 24; S. 557, 6. clypnys

Similar Words

-cafstrian
-cirre
-clips
-cnáwe
-cnáwlíce

Runic Inscription

ᚳᛚᚣᛈᚾᚣᛋ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

Abbreviations Used

Works & Authors

Bd.: Bede, Historia Ecclesiastica (OE translation)
S.: Sievers, E. (editor/scholar)

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