Ge-clifian

Old English Dictionary Entry

Ge-clifian

Old English Dictionary Entry

Part of speech: Related words: l.

Definitions

1 ge-clifian

Take here ge-cleofian in Dict., and add: (1) to stick to (tó or dat.) :-- Gecleofige tunge mín gómum mínum adhaereat lingua mea faucibus meis, Ps. L. 136, 6. Ðeós wyrt wyle hrædlíce tó ðám men geclyfian. Lch. i. 306, 4. Mín tunge ys gecleofod (adhaesit) tó mínum gómum, Ps. Th. 21, 13. (1 a) to stick together :-- Hió gedéþ ꝥ flǽsc tógædere geclifað, Lch. i. 134, 13. Hý tógædere geclifigen (-clifian, ), 316, 1. (2) to stick on :-- Geclyfode on eorðan innoð úre adhesit in terra uenter noster, Ps. Rdr. 43, 25. ꝥ þǽr nǽre nán þing on þǽre stówe þe se stántorr on geclyfian mihte (quo inhaerere potuisset), Gr. D. 12, 19. ge-clifian

Runic Inscription

ᚷᛖ-ᚳᛚᛁᚠᛁᚪᚾ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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