Cleanness (Middle English: Clannesse) is a Middle English alliterative poem written in the late 14th century. Its unknown author, designated the Pearl poet or Gawain poet, also appears, on the basis of dialect and stylistic evidence, to be the author of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, Pearl, and Patience, and may have composed St. Erkenwald. The ... Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cleanness
Clean'ness noun [ Anglo-Saxon cl...nnes . See Clean .] 1. The state or quality of being clean. 2. Purity of life or language; freedom from licentious courses. Chaucer. Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/C/89