Á-clǽnsian

According to the Old English Dictionary:

á-clǽnsian

Add: I. to cleanse an object from impurity:--Hé mid hys worde hreóflan áclǽnsode, Hml. A. 152, 45. Ðá deádan árǽran and áclǽnsian ðá hreóflian, Hml. S. 16, 145. Horwum áfeormad, þearle áclǽnsad sordibus ablutus, Dom. L. 157. Mid ælmesðǽdum áclǽnsode, Hml. A. 142, 110. II. to remove impurity from an object:--Ðá nebcorn hé of ðám andwlitan áclǽnsað, Lch. i. 348, 26. a-clænsian