Clam
adj. sticky, H, MD.
Clam
pt. s. climbed, S2; clamb, C2; see Climben.
Clanlych
adv. purely, S2; see Clene.
Clappen
v. to make a noise like the clapper of a mill, MD, Palsg.; to chatter, C2,
C3.—Icel. klappa.
Clapping
sb. chatter, idle talk, C2.
Clapsen
v. to clasp, C, CM; see Claspen.
Claret
sb. a spiced wine, MD, Prompt. clare, MD; clarre,
C, MD; clarry, MD.—OF. claret (AF. clare);
Late Lat. claretum and claratum. See Clere.
Clarifien
v. to glorify, MD, W, H (Ps. 19, 1).—OF.
clarifier; Lat. clarificare (Vulg.).
Clarioun
sb. clarion, C, MD; claryone, Prompt.—OF.
clarion (F. clairon). See Clere.
Clarre
sb. a spiced wine, C, CM; see Claret.
Claspen
v. to clasp, Palsg.; clapsen, C, CM.
Clauster
sb. cloister, MD; closter, MD; claustres,
pl., S2.—Lat. claustrum (clostrum), whence
Icel. klaustr, AS. clúster. Cf. Cloister.
Claver
sb. clover, trifolium, Voc., MD; clavyr, S3;
clovere, Voc.—AS. cláfre (OET.), also clœfre,
(Voc.); cp. Dan. klöver.
Claw
sb. hoof, Voc.; clau, Voc.; clawwess, pl.,
S; cluvis, S3; clawes, claws of bird, C2.—AS.
cláwu, hoof; cp. Icel. klauf, see Weigand (s.v.
klaue).
Clawen
v. to scratch, stroke, MD; clowe, to scratch, PP.
Phr.: to claw the back, to flatter, S3. Comb.:
claw-back, sb. flatterer, sycophant, Cotg. (s.v.
flateur).
Cleche
sb. hook, MD; cleek, HD.
Clechen
v. to seize, MD, HD; cleke, MD; cleikis, pr.
s., S3; clahte, pt. s., MD; claucht,
pp., MD.
Cled
pt. s. clothed, S3; see Clothen.
Clee
sb. hoof, W2.—AS. cléo. See Claw.
Clef
pt. s. split, S2; see Cleuen.
Clei
sb. clay, W2, MD; cley, Prompt.; W (John 9. 6),
Voc.—AS. clæg.
Clemen
v. to plaster with clay, to, daub, to smear, MD, S2;
clemyd, pp., glued, H.—AS. clǽman, from
clám, clay.
Clenchen
v. to clench, seize, PP; to twang the harp, S; clenten,
pt. pl., embraced, S; cleynt, pp., fixed,
MD.—Cp. OHG. klenken (in in-klenken), to fasten
(Otfrid).
Clene
adj. clean, MD, S; adv. entirely, penitus, MD, S,
S2; clenner, comp., W2.—AS. clǽne; cp. OHG.
kleini, fine, tender, kleino, ‘penitus’ (Otfrid).
Clengen
v. to cling, S2; see Clingen.
Clenlich
adj. cleanly, MD; clenliche, adv. purely, S;
clanlych, S2; clennlike, S; clenli, entirely,
S.—AS. clǽnlic.
Clennes
sb. purity, S2; clennesse, W2; clenesse,
S.—AS. clǽnnis.
Clensien
v. to cleanse, MD; clansi, S; clennsenn, S;
y-clense, S3.—AS. (ge) clǽnsian, see Sievers,
185.
Clensinge
sb. cleansing, S.
Clepen
v. to call, S2, C2, W, W2; clepien, S; cleopien, S;
clupien, MD, S2 cleopede, pt. s., S;
clupede, S; clepide, S2, W; clepte, S2;
clepud, S2; clepet, S2; clepit, S3;
i-cleopet, pp., S; i-cleped, S; y-clepud,
S2; y-cleped, C3; cleped, S2, C2; clept, S2;
y-clept, C3; iclepet, S2; icluped, S2;
iclyped, S3.—AS. cleopian.
Clepyng
sb. a calling, W.
Clere
adj. clear, bright, glorious, C2 W, W2; cleer, MD;
cler, MD; clier, MD.—AF. cler; Lat.
clarum.
Clerenesse
sb. brightness, W; cleernes, C3.
Clerete
sb. brightness, W.
Clergeon
sb. a chorister, little priest, young scholar, MD, C2.—AF.
clergeon; cp. Sp. clerizon (Minsheu).
Clergial
adj. learned, C3; clergealy, adv. in clerkly
wise, P.
Clergie
sb. (1) the clergy, (2) the clerical profession,
(3) book-learning, MD; clargy, H.—OF. clergie:
Sp. clerecia, clergy; Late Lat. clericia, the clergy,
learning; see Constans.
Clerk
sb. clergyman, scholar, secretary, C2; clerc, S, MD;
clerkes, pl., S, C2, C3, P; clerekes, S;
clerken, gen. pl., S2.—OF. clerc (AF.
clerk); Church Lat. clericum (acc.); Gr. κληρικός from κλῆρος a lot, in eccl. writers, the
clergy.
Cleue
sb. dwelling,
bedroom, bed, MD, S; kleue, MD.—AS. cléofa,
a recess, den, bed, chamber; cp. Icel. klefi, a closet,
bedroom.
Cleuen
v. to split asunder, MD, P; cleoue, MD; cleues,
pr. s., S; claf, pt. s., MD; clef, MD, S2;
cleef, MD; clevede, G; clouen, pl., S2;
clofenn, pp., S; cloue, W.—AS.
cléofan, pt. cléaf (pl. clufon), pp.
clofen.
Cleuen
v. to cleave, adhere, MD, W2, PP; cliuyn, Prompt.;
cliuen, S; clyuen, PP; cliued, pt. s., S;
cleuede, W2.—AS. clifian (cleofian); OHG.
klebên (Otfrid).
Cleuering
pr. p. clinging, holding on by claws, S3. See Cliuer.
Cleynt
pp. fixed, MD; see Clenchen.
Cliket
sb. a kind of lock or fastening, PP, CM; clyket, PP, Voc.;
clykyt, Voc.—OF. cliquette (Bartsch), from
cliquer, to click, snap; cp. Low Lat. cliquetus.
Cliketed
pp. fastened with a latch, PP.
Climben
v. to climb, MD; clymben, C2; clam, pt. s.,
S2, MD; clamb, C2; clomb, MD; clomben, pp.,
C; clombe, C2.—AS. climban, pt. clamb (pl.
clumbon); pp. clumben.
Clingen
v. to shrivel up, wither, to cling, MD, S, ND, Sh.; clengen, S2;
clyngen, S2; clang, pt. s., MD; clonge,
pl., MD; clungen, pp., MD.—AS.
clingan, pt. clang (pl. clungon), pp.
clungen.
Clippen
v. to clip, shear, S, C2, MD.—Icel. klippa.
Cliue
sb. cliff, S; see Clyffe.
Cliuen
v. to cleave, adhere, S; see Cleuen.
Cliuer
adj. eager, sharp, MD, SkD.
Cliuer
sb. claw, S; clivres, pl., S.—AS.
clifer.
Clobbed
adj. like a club, rough, C2; clubbed, MD. See Clubbe.
Cloche
sb. claw, PP; cloke, HD; cluke, S3 (s.v.
cat), JD; cleuck, JD; clokis,
pl., H.
Clochen
v. to clutch, PP; clucchen, PP, HD, SkD; clouche,
PP; clycchen, PP; clicche, PP.
Clocken
v. to limp, hobble, PP; clokke, PP.—OF.
cloquer (clocher), to limp (Cotg.), also cloper:
Prov. clopchar; Low Lat. *cloppicare, from cloppus;
see Diez (P. 550).
Cloister
sb. cloister, MD; cloistre, C3; cloystre, C;
cloystyr, Prompt.—AF. cloister OF. cloistre
(F. cloître). Cf. Clauster.
Cloisterer
sb. cloister-monk, C2.
Clom
sb. silence, S2; see Clum.
Clomben
pp. climbed, C; see Climben.
Clomsen
v. to be benumbed, stupified, PP, H. See Clum.
Clomstnes
sb. numbness, fixedness, H.
Cloos
adj. close, C3; clos, MD.—AF. clos, closed,
pp. of clore; Lat. claudere.
Clos
sb. an enclosure, a locked-up place, MD; cloos, Prompt.,
S2; cloyss, S3.
Closen
v. to close, to enclose, MD.—From AF. clos, pp.; Lat. clausum.
See Cloos.
Closter
sb. cloister, MD; see Clauster.
Closures
sb. pl. enclosures, fastenings, S3.
Closyngis
sb. pl. gates, W2.
Clot
sb. a clod, MD; clotte, Cath.; clodde, Prompt.,
Palsg., Manip.; clottes, pl., lumps, S2; clottis,
W2. See Weigand (s.v. kloss).
Clote
sb. burdock, Voc., MD, Prompt., Alph.; cloote,
MD.—AS. cláte.
Cloteren
v. to clot, coagulate, Prompt.; cloderen, Prompt.;
clothred, pp., C.
Cloth
sb. cloth, clothing, S, S2; cloþe, S2; cloþt, S2;
clað, S; claðes, pl., S; cloðes,
S.—AS. cláð.
Clothen
v. to clothe, S; claðen, S; cled, pt. s.,
S3; cloðeden, pl., S2; y-clothed, pp., PP;
y-clad, C3; cled, S3.
Cloude
sb. a mass of rock, a hill, clod, S2, MD; clude, MD;
clowdys, pl., MD (s.v. clot); cluddis,
masses of cloud, S3; cloudis, H (Ps. 67. 37).—AS.
clúd.
Cloue
pp. split, W; see Cleuen.
Clout
sb. clout, rag, W; clowt, C3; clutes, pl.,
S; cloutes, S2, S3, C3; clowtes, S2.—AS. clút
(OET.).
Clouten
v. to patch, mend, S3; clouȝtand, pr. p., S2;
clouted, pp., provided with an iron plate, S3.
Clowe
v. to scratch, P; see Clawen.
Clowe
sb. a clove, pink, Prompt.; clowes, pl.,
MD.—OF. clou, clo, a nail; Lat. clauum
(acc.).
Clubbe
sb. club, MD; clobbe, MD.—Icel. klubba,
klumba.
Clubbed
adj. club-shaped, rough, MD, Prompt.;
clobbed, C2.
Clucche
v. to clutch, PP; see Clochen.
Cluddis
sb. pl. masses of cloud, S3; see Cloude.
Clum
sb. stillness, silence, MD, CM; Clom, S2.
Clumsen
v. to be benumbed, stupified, MD; clomsen, PP;
clomsed, pp., set fast, H; clumst, H;
clumsyd, ‘enervatus’, Cath.
Clupien
v. to call, S2; see Clepen.
Cluppen
v. to embrace, S, MD; clyppe, S2; clippe, S2, MD;
cleppen, MD; clupte, pt. s., S.—AS.
clyppan.
Cluvis
sb. pl. hoofs, S3; see Claw.
Clyffe
sb. cliff, MD; clyfe, MD; cliue, dat., S;
cleoue, MD; cleo, S; cliues, pl., MD;
cleues, MD.—AS. clif (OET), pl. cleofu,
cliofu; see Grein, Sievers, 241.
Clymbare
sb. climber, S3.
Clymben
v. to climb, C2; see Climben.
Clyngen
v. to wither, to shrink, S2; see Clingen.