See clif in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"english": "Year 761 In this year was the great winter, and King Moll of Northumbria slew Oswine at Edwin's cliff on [in Latin] the eighth Ides of August.",
"text": "The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle\nAn. DCCLXI Hēr wæs sē myċċla winter ⁊ Moll Norðhymbra cining ofslōh Ōswine æt Ædwines clife on octauo Īdūs Agustī.",
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"name": "cog"
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"source": "declension",
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"source": "declension",
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"source": "declension",
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"text": "The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle\nAn. DCCLXI Hēr wæs sē myċċla winter ⁊ Moll Norðhymbra cining ofslōh Ōswine æt Ædwines clife on octauo Īdūs Agustī.",
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