"claþian" meaning in Old English

See claþian in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: /ˈklɑː.θi.ɑn/, [ˈklɑː.ði.ɑn]
Etymology: From Proto-West Germanic *klaiþōn (“to clothe”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *gley- (“to adhere to, stick”). Equivalent to clāþ (“cloth”) + -ian. Etymology templates: {{root|ang|ine-pro|*gley-}}, {{inh|ang|gmw-pro|*klaiþōn|t=to clothe}} Proto-West Germanic *klaiþōn (“to clothe”), {{der|ang|ine-pro|*gley-|t=to adhere to, stick}} Proto-Indo-European *gley- (“to adhere to, stick”), {{af|ang|clāþ|-ian|t1=cloth}} clāþ (“cloth”) + -ian Head templates: {{ang-verb|head=*clāþian}} *clāþian Inflection templates: {{ang-conj|*clāþian<w2/ge:0/pp:*(ġe)clāþod>}} Forms: clāþian [canonical], weak [table-tags], clāþian [infinitive], clāþienne [infinitive], clāþiġe [first-person, present, singular], clāþode [first-person, past, singular], clāþast [present, second-person, singular], clāþodest [past, second-person, singular], clāþaþ [present, singular, third-person], clāþode [past, singular, third-person], clāþiaþ [plural, present], clāþodon [past, plural], clāþiġe [present, singular], clāþode [past, singular], clāþiġen [plural, present], clāþoden [past, plural], clāþa [imperative, past, present, singular], clāþiaþ [imperative, past, plural, present], clāþiende [imperative, present], clāþod [imperative, past], ġeclāþod [imperative, past]
  1. (transitive) to clothe, provide with clothing Tags: reconstruction, transitive
    Sense id: en-claþian-ang-verb-BTXxyblC
  2. (intransitive) to put on clothes, dress, get dressed Tags: intransitive, reconstruction
    Sense id: en-claþian-ang-verb-26EUMqGM Categories (other): Old English entries with incorrect language header, Old English terms suffixed with -ian, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Old English entries with incorrect language header: 36 64 Disambiguation of Old English terms suffixed with -ian: 31 69 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 25 75 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 19 81
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: beclāþian, clāþung Related terms: clǣþan
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  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "beclāþian"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "clāþung"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "enm",
            "2": "clathen",
            "3": "clothen"
          },
          "expansion": "Middle English: clathen, clothen",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Middle English: clathen, clothen"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "en",
            "2": "clothe"
          },
          "expansion": "English: clothe",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "English: clothe"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "sco",
            "2": "claithe"
          },
          "expansion": "Scots: claithe",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Scots: claithe"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*gley-"
      },
      "expansion": "",
      "name": "root"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "gmw-pro",
        "3": "*klaiþōn",
        "t": "to clothe"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-West Germanic *klaiþōn (“to clothe”)",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*gley-",
        "t": "to adhere to, stick"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *gley- (“to adhere to, stick”)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "clāþ",
        "3": "-ian",
        "t1": "cloth"
      },
      "expansion": "clāþ (“cloth”) + -ian",
      "name": "af"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-West Germanic *klaiþōn (“to clothe”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *gley- (“to adhere to, stick”). Equivalent to clāþ (“cloth”) + -ian.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "clāþian",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "weak",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ang-conj",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "2",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "class"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "clāþian",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "infinitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "clāþienne",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "infinitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "clāþiġe",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "clāþode",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "past",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "clāþast",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "clāþodest",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "clāþaþ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "clāþode",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "clāþiaþ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "clāþodon",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "clāþiġe",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "clāþode",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "clāþiġen",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "clāþoden",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "clāþa",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "past",
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "clāþiaþ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "past",
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "clāþiende",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "clāþod",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ġeclāþod",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "head": "*clāþian"
      },
      "expansion": "*clāþian",
      "name": "ang-verb"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "*clāþian<w2/ge:0/pp:*(ġe)clāþod>"
      },
      "name": "ang-conj"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Old English",
  "lang_code": "ang",
  "original_title": "Reconstruction:Old English/claþian",
  "pos": "verb",
  "related": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "clǣþan"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [],
      "glosses": [
        "to clothe, provide with clothing"
      ],
      "id": "en-claþian-ang-verb-BTXxyblC",
      "links": [
        [
          "clothe",
          "clothe"
        ],
        [
          "provide",
          "provide"
        ],
        [
          "clothing",
          "clothing"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) to clothe, provide with clothing"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "reconstruction",
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "36 64",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Old English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "31 69",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Old English terms suffixed with -ian",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "25 75",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "19 81",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to put on clothes, dress, get dressed"
      ],
      "id": "en-claþian-ang-verb-26EUMqGM",
      "links": [
        [
          "clothes",
          "clothes"
        ],
        [
          "dress",
          "dress"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(intransitive) to put on clothes, dress, get dressed"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "intransitive",
        "reconstruction"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈklɑː.θi.ɑn/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈklɑː.ði.ɑn]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "claþian"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Old English class 2 weak verbs",
    "Old English entries with incorrect language header",
    "Old English lemmas",
    "Old English reconstructed verbs",
    "Old English terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
    "Old English terms derived from Proto-West Germanic",
    "Old English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *gley-",
    "Old English terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic",
    "Old English terms suffixed with -ian",
    "Old English terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "beclāþian"
    },
    {
      "word": "clāþung"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "enm",
            "2": "clathen",
            "3": "clothen"
          },
          "expansion": "Middle English: clathen, clothen",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Middle English: clathen, clothen"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "en",
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          },
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          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "English: clothe"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "sco",
            "2": "claithe"
          },
          "expansion": "Scots: claithe",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Scots: claithe"
    }
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      "name": "root"
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      "args": {
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      "name": "der"
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  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "clāþian",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "weak",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ang-conj",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "2",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "class"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "clāþian",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "infinitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "clāþienne",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "infinitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "clāþiġe",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "clāþode",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "past",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "clāþast",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "clāþodest",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "clāþaþ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "clāþode",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "clāþiaþ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "clāþodon",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "clāþiġe",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "clāþode",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "clāþiġen",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "clāþoden",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "clāþa",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "past",
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "clāþiaþ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "past",
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "clāþiende",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "clāþod",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ġeclāþod",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "head": "*clāþian"
      },
      "expansion": "*clāþian",
      "name": "ang-verb"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "*clāþian<w2/ge:0/pp:*(ġe)clāþod>"
      },
      "name": "ang-conj"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Old English",
  "lang_code": "ang",
  "original_title": "Reconstruction:Old English/claþian",
  "pos": "verb",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "clǣþan"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Old English transitive verbs"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to clothe, provide with clothing"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "clothe",
          "clothe"
        ],
        [
          "provide",
          "provide"
        ],
        [
          "clothing",
          "clothing"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) to clothe, provide with clothing"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "reconstruction",
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Old English intransitive verbs"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to put on clothes, dress, get dressed"
      ],
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        [
          "clothes",
          "clothes"
        ],
        [
          "dress",
          "dress"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(intransitive) to put on clothes, dress, get dressed"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "intransitive",
        "reconstruction"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈklɑː.θi.ɑn/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈklɑː.ði.ɑn]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "claþian"
}

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