A Concise Dictionary of Middle English from A.D. 1150 to 1580

by A. L. Mayhew; Walter W. Skeat

[ 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.

Clippe; see [Cluppen].

[ 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].