Cliwen, cleowen

Old English Dictionary Entry

Cliwen, cleowen

Old English Dictionary Entry

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1 cliwen, cleowen

Add: (? clíwen, cleówen; N. E. D. clew):--Cleowen glomer, Wrt. Voc. ii. 40, 72. Clywen (printed clywe; but see Angl. viii. 452), i. 59, 35. Swilce án byrnende cliwen, Hml. S. 31, 937. Cliwenes globi, An. Ox. 492. Cliwene glomere, 457: 3736. Gewint hé (the hedgehog) tó ánum cliewene (cliw-, ), Past. 241, 11. On fýrenum cliwene (cleow-, clyw-, ), Gr. D. 171, 17. Cleowne (cliowene, ), 272, 15. Suelce se láreów hæbbe án cliwen on his honda, Past. 241, 24. Hí gesáwon fýren cleowen (cleawen, Cockayne) gefeallan and óðre síðe gylden cleowen, Mart. H. 2, 13. Cleowena globos, An. Ox. 1658.

Runic Inscription

ᚳᛚᛁᚹᛖᚾ, ᚳᛚᛇᚹᛖᚾ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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