An archaic or dialectal form of 'clerkly'; scholar-like or relating to clerks (rare variant).
A variant spelling of 'clerkly,' possibly from dialectal or Middle English pronunciation patterns where 'r' and 'n' sounds could shift, creating regional variations.
This variant reminds us that before standardized spelling (which only solidified around the 18th century), English had wild regional spelling variations—the same word might appear as 'clerkly,' 'clernly,' or 'clernelie' in different manuscripts.
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