† yclansedyclensedadj.
past participle of cleanse v., yclense v.
Π
c1175 Lamb. Hom. 59 In þe font..we iclensed weren.
1297 R. Gloucester's Chron. (Rolls) 1012 Þoru graces of þe londe Idronke hii beþ iclansed sone.
1340 Ayenbite (1866) 74 Þe fornayse huerinne berneþ þe zaules al-huet hi byeþ yclenzed.
a1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (St. John's Cambr.) (1865) I. 337 Whete cornes beeþ þere ful smal, vnneþe i-clansed wiþ manis hond.
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