Clywen

Old English Dictionary Entry

Clywen

Old English Dictionary Entry

Part of speech: Related words: cliwen. clywen

Definitions

1 clywen

a clew, ball of thread or yarn, ball, circlet, Ælfc. Gl. 28; Som. 61, 5; Wrt. Voc. 26, 4: Homl. Th. ii. 514, 2.

Runic Inscription

ᚳᛚᚣᚹᛖᚾ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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