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Verb [Middle English]

IPA: /ˈklɛːðən/
Etymology: From Northumbrian Old English clǣðdon, variant of *clǣþian, from clǣþ; equivalent to clethe + -en (infinitival suffix). Etymology templates: {{inh|enm|ang|clǣðdon}} Old English clǣðdon, {{af|enm|clethe|-en|id2=infinitival|pos2=infinitival suffix}} clethe + -en (infinitival suffix) Head templates: {{head|enm|verb}} clethen Inflection templates: {{enm-conj-wk|cleth|cled|c=de|p_part2=clethed}} Forms: no-table-tags [table-tags], clethen [infinitive], to clethen [infinitive], clethe [infinitive], clethe [first-person, present, singular], cledde [first-person, past, singular], clethest [present, second-person, singular], cleddest [past, second-person, singular], cletheth [present, singular, third-person], cledde [past, singular, third-person], clethe [present, singular, subjunctive], cledde [past, singular, subjunctive], clethe [imperative, present, singular], - [imperative, past, singular], clethen [plural, present], clethe [plural, present], cledden [past, plural], cledde [past, plural], cletheth [imperative, plural, present], clethe [imperative, plural, present], - [imperative, past, plural], clethynge [participle, present], clethende [participle, present], cled [participle, past], ycled [participle, past], cleyth [alternative], clethe [alternative], klethen [alternative]
  1. (ambitransitive) To clothe; to put clothing on. Tags: ambitransitive
    Sense id: en-clethen-enm-verb-EIuMMGqN Categories (other): Middle English terms suffixed with -en (infinitival), Northern Middle English, Clothing Disambiguation of Middle English terms suffixed with -en (infinitival): 11 19 19 20 19 12 Disambiguation of Northern Middle English: 12 23 14 22 16 13 Disambiguation of Clothing: 44 33 12 3 3 4
  2. (reflexive) To wear; to put clothing on oneself. Tags: reflexive
    Sense id: en-clethen-enm-verb-pV~Y0ApQ Categories (other): Middle English terms suffixed with -en (infinitival), Northern Middle English Disambiguation of Middle English terms suffixed with -en (infinitival): 11 19 19 20 19 12 Disambiguation of Northern Middle English: 12 23 14 22 16 13
  3. (transitive) To give clothes or garments to. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-clethen-enm-verb-XPkGDiC- Categories (other): Middle English entries with incorrect language header, Middle English terms suffixed with -en (infinitival), Northern Middle English, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Middle English entries with incorrect language header: 9 16 25 17 18 15 Disambiguation of Middle English terms suffixed with -en (infinitival): 11 19 19 20 19 12 Disambiguation of Northern Middle English: 12 23 14 22 16 13 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 9 10 39 9 13 20 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 9 10 52 9 10 10
  4. (transitive) To enclose; to surround as to hide. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-clethen-enm-verb-jWzk54MW Categories (other): Middle English terms suffixed with -en (infinitival), Northern Middle English Disambiguation of Middle English terms suffixed with -en (infinitival): 11 19 19 20 19 12 Disambiguation of Northern Middle English: 12 23 14 22 16 13
  5. (rare, reflexive) To gain a trait; to immerse in an abstract quantity. Tags: rare, reflexive
    Sense id: en-clethen-enm-verb-AnJnJtGi Categories (other): Middle English terms suffixed with -en (infinitival), Northern Middle English Disambiguation of Middle English terms suffixed with -en (infinitival): 11 19 19 20 19 12 Disambiguation of Northern Middle English: 12 23 14 22 16 13
  6. (rare, ambitransitive) To decorate or ornament. Tags: ambitransitive, rare
    Sense id: en-clethen-enm-verb-XVetxwWt Categories (other): Middle English terms suffixed with -en (infinitival), Northern Middle English Disambiguation of Middle English terms suffixed with -en (infinitival): 11 19 19 20 19 12 Disambiguation of Northern Middle English: 12 23 14 22 16 13

Alternative forms

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          "args": {
            "1": "en",
            "2": "clead"
          },
          "expansion": "English: clead",
          "name": "desc"
        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "dialectal"
          },
          "expansion": "(dialectal)",
          "name": "gl"
        }
      ],
      "text": "English: clead (dialectal)"
    },
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          "args": {
            "1": "sco",
            "2": "cleed",
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          "expansion": "Scots: cleed, cleid, cleethe",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Scots: cleed, cleid, cleethe"
    }
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    },
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    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Northumbrian Old English clǣðdon, variant of *clǣþian, from clǣþ; equivalent to clethe + -en (infinitival suffix).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "enm-conj-wk",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "clethen",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "infinitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "to clethen",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "infinitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "clethe",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "infinitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "clethe",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cledde",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "past",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "clethest",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cleddest",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cletheth",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cledde",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "clethe",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cledde",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "clethe",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "past",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "clethen",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "clethe",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cledden",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cledde",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cletheth",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "clethe",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "clethynge",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "clethende",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cled",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ycled",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cleyth",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "clethe",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "klethen",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
        "2": "verb"
      },
      "expansion": "clethen",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
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      "args": {
        "1": "cleth",
        "2": "cled",
        "c": "de",
        "p_part2": "clethed"
      },
      "name": "enm-conj-wk"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Middle English",
  "lang_code": "enm",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "11 19 19 20 19 12",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Middle English terms suffixed with -en (infinitival)",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "12 23 14 22 16 13",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Northern Middle English",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "44 33 12 3 3 4",
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          "name": "Clothing",
          "orig": "enm:Clothing",
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          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
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        "To clothe; to put clothing on."
      ],
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        [
          "clothe",
          "clothe"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(ambitransitive) To clothe; to put clothing on."
      ],
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        "ambitransitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "11 19 19 20 19 12",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Middle English terms suffixed with -en (infinitival)",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "12 23 14 22 16 13",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Northern Middle English",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To wear; to put clothing on oneself."
      ],
      "id": "en-clethen-enm-verb-pV~Y0ApQ",
      "links": [
        [
          "wear",
          "wear"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(reflexive) To wear; to put clothing on oneself."
      ],
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        "reflexive"
      ]
    },
    {
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        {
          "_dis": "9 16 25 17 18 15",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Middle English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "11 19 19 20 19 12",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Middle English terms suffixed with -en (infinitival)",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "12 23 14 22 16 13",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Northern Middle English",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "9 10 39 9 13 20",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "9 10 52 9 10 10",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To give clothes or garments to."
      ],
      "id": "en-clethen-enm-verb-XPkGDiC-",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) To give clothes or garments to."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "11 19 19 20 19 12",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Middle English terms suffixed with -en (infinitival)",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "12 23 14 22 16 13",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Northern Middle English",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To enclose; to surround as to hide."
      ],
      "id": "en-clethen-enm-verb-jWzk54MW",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) To enclose; to surround as to hide."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "11 19 19 20 19 12",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Middle English terms suffixed with -en (infinitival)",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "12 23 14 22 16 13",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Northern Middle English",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To gain a trait; to immerse in an abstract quantity."
      ],
      "id": "en-clethen-enm-verb-AnJnJtGi",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(rare, reflexive) To gain a trait; to immerse in an abstract quantity."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "rare",
        "reflexive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "11 19 19 20 19 12",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Middle English terms suffixed with -en (infinitival)",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "12 23 14 22 16 13",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Northern Middle English",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To decorate or ornament."
      ],
      "id": "en-clethen-enm-verb-XVetxwWt",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(rare, ambitransitive) To decorate or ornament."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "ambitransitive",
        "rare"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈklɛːðən/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "clethen"
}
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    "Middle English entries with incorrect language header",
    "Middle English lemmas",
    "Middle English terms derived from Old English",
    "Middle English terms inherited from Old English",
    "Middle English terms suffixed with -en (infinitival)",
    "Middle English verbs",
    "Middle English weak verbs",
    "Northern Middle English",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries",
    "enm:Clothing"
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "en",
            "2": "clead"
          },
          "expansion": "English: clead",
          "name": "desc"
        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "dialectal"
          },
          "expansion": "(dialectal)",
          "name": "gl"
        }
      ],
      "text": "English: clead (dialectal)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "sco",
            "2": "cleed",
            "3": "cleid",
            "4": "cleethe"
          },
          "expansion": "Scots: cleed, cleid, cleethe",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Scots: cleed, cleid, cleethe"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
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        "3": "clǣðdon"
      },
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      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
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        "3": "-en",
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      "name": "af"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Northumbrian Old English clǣðdon, variant of *clǣþian, from clǣþ; equivalent to clethe + -en (infinitival suffix).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "enm-conj-wk",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "clethen",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "infinitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "to clethen",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "infinitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "clethe",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "infinitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "clethe",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cledde",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "past",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "clethest",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cleddest",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cletheth",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cledde",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "clethe",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cledde",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "clethe",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "past",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "clethen",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "clethe",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cledden",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cledde",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cletheth",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "clethe",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "clethynge",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "clethende",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cled",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ycled",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cleyth",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "clethe",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "klethen",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
        "2": "verb"
      },
      "expansion": "clethen",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "cleth",
        "2": "cled",
        "c": "de",
        "p_part2": "clethed"
      },
      "name": "enm-conj-wk"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Middle English",
  "lang_code": "enm",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Middle English intransitive verbs",
        "Middle English transitive verbs"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To clothe; to put clothing on."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "clothe",
          "clothe"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(ambitransitive) To clothe; to put clothing on."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "ambitransitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Middle English reflexive verbs"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To wear; to put clothing on oneself."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "wear",
          "wear"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(reflexive) To wear; to put clothing on oneself."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "reflexive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Middle English transitive verbs"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To give clothes or garments to."
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) To give clothes or garments to."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Middle English transitive verbs"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To enclose; to surround as to hide."
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) To enclose; to surround as to hide."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Middle English reflexive verbs",
        "Middle English terms with rare senses"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To gain a trait; to immerse in an abstract quantity."
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(rare, reflexive) To gain a trait; to immerse in an abstract quantity."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "rare",
        "reflexive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Middle English intransitive verbs",
        "Middle English terms with rare senses",
        "Middle English transitive verbs"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To decorate or ornament."
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(rare, ambitransitive) To decorate or ornament."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "ambitransitive",
        "rare"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈklɛːðən/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "clethen"
}

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