Old English Dictionary Entry

Ge-cliht

Definitions

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1 ge-cliht

part. Collectus :-- Hand gecliht [or hand-gecliht?] manus collecta vel contracta, pugnus, Som. [Cf. Scot. cleik to seize as by a hook : A. R. clahte [p. tense] seized; clech unguis : Mod. Engl. clutch.] ge-cliht

Similar Words

-gal
-gale (-a)
-galness
-gangendlic
-gealla

Runic Inscription

ᚷᛖ-ᚳᛚᛁᚻᛏ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

Abbreviations Used

Works & Authors

R.: Riddles (Exeter Book)
Som.: Somner's Dictionarium Saxonico-Latino-Anglicum

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