"clethe" meaning in Middle English

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Noun

IPA: /klɛːθ/ Forms: clethes [plural], clese [plural]
Etymology: From Old English clǣþ, variant of clāþ, from Proto-Germanic *klaiþą. Etymology templates: {{inh|enm|ang|clǣþ}} Old English clǣþ, {{inh|enm|gem-pro|*klaiþą}} Proto-Germanic *klaiþą Head templates: {{head|enm|nouns|g=|g2=|g3=|head=|sort=}} clethe, {{enm-noun|clethes|pl2=clese}} clethe (plural clethes or clese)
  1. Cloth; fabric, especially when used for covering wounds. Categories (topical): Fabrics
    Sense id: en-clethe-enm-noun-enm:cloth Disambiguation of Fabrics: 66 7 26
  2. An item of clothes; something to be worn.
    Sense id: en-clethe-enm-noun-moW3KtV5
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: clæð, cleth, clæþ, clæd Derived forms: clethen, clething
Etymology number: 1

Verb

Head templates: {{head|enm|verb}} clethe
  1. Alternative form of clethen Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: clethen
    Sense id: en-clethe-enm-verb-34X8gAIw Categories (other): Middle English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Middle English entries with incorrect language header: 30 23 47 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 26 26 48 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 17 16 67
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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