Old English · noun
cliewen
Normalised clīewen
- Part of speech
- noun, neuter
- Declension
- strong a-stem
- IPA
- /ˈkli͜yː.wen/
- Syllables
- ˈkli͜yː · wen (2 syllables)
- Modern English
- sphereclewclueskeinball
Meaning
-
sphere, ball; skein
Platōn cwæþ þæt Sċieppend worhte þās weorold on clīewenes hīewe.
Plato said the Creator made this world in the shape of a ball.
Declension
All forms (6)
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *kliuwīn, from Proto-Germanic *kliuwīną.
Descendants
clew, clue
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