[Y- 3 c, CLEANSE.] To cleanse.

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971.  Blickl. Hom., 21. We sceolan … ure heortan ʓeclænsian from oþrum ʓeþohtum.

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c. 1394.  P. Pl. Crede, 760. Her kynde were more to y-clense diches.

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