"clemen" meaning in Middle English

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Verb

IPA: /ˈklɛ̝ːmən/
Etymology: From Old English clǣman. Etymology templates: {{dercat|enm|gmw-pro|gem-pro|inh=2}}, {{inh|enm|ang|clǣman}} Old English clǣman Head templates: {{head|enm|verb|head=}} clemen, {{enm-verb|stem=clem}} clemen (third-person singular simple present clemeth, present participle clemende, clemynge, first-/third-person singular past indicative and past participle clemed) Inflection templates: {{enm-conj-wk|clem}} Forms: clemeth [present, singular, third-person], clemende [participle, present], clemynge [participle, present], clemed [first-person, indicative, participle, past, singular, third-person], no-table-tags [table-tags], clemen [infinitive], to clemen [infinitive], cleme [infinitive], cleme [first-person, present, singular], clemed [first-person, past, singular], clemest [present, second-person, singular], clemedest [past, second-person, singular], clemeth [present, singular, third-person], clemed [past, singular, third-person], cleme [present, singular, subjunctive], clemed [past, singular, subjunctive], cleme [imperative, present, singular], - [imperative, past, singular], clemen [plural, present], cleme [plural, present], clemeden [past, plural], clemede [past, plural], clemeth [imperative, plural, present], cleme [imperative, plural, present], - [imperative, past, plural], clemynge [participle, present], clemende [participle, present], clemed [participle, past], yclemed [participle, past], cleme [alternative]
  1. To rub with plaster or stucco, especially for adherence.
    Sense id: en-clemen-enm-verb-34rVtPas Categories (other): Middle English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry Disambiguation of Middle English entries with incorrect language header: 28 13 19 18 22 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 21 17 20 20 21
  2. (rare) To cause to adhere (especially to something else). Tags: rare
    Sense id: en-clemen-enm-verb-bMzlzLTg Categories (other): Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 21 17 20 20 21 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 17 29 17 19 18
  3. (rare) To rub with adhesive or glue. Tags: rare
    Sense id: en-clemen-enm-verb-NpKuHsIj Categories (other): Pages with 1 entry Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 21 17 20 20 21
  4. (rare) To melt or reduce. Tags: rare
    Sense id: en-clemen-enm-verb-sD8ghIWF Categories (other): Pages with 1 entry Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 21 17 20 20 21
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Verb

Head templates: {{head|enm|verb|altform=1}} clemen
  1. (Gloucestershire) alternative form of clymben (“to climb”) Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: clymben (extra: to climb)
    Sense id: en-clemen-enm-verb-ANVLBRcY Categories (other): Gloucestershire Middle English, Pages with 1 entry Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 21 17 20 20 21
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Alternative forms

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Download raw JSONL data for clemen meaning in Middle English (5.3kB)

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This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Middle English dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2026-04-26 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2026-04-01 using wiktextract (7de0cf9 and 9452535). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.