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

by A. L. Mayhew; Walter W. Skeat

[ Cloche], sb. claw, PP; cloke, HD; cluke, S3 (s.v. cat), JD; cleuck, JD; clokis, pl., H.

[ Clochen], v. to clutch, PP; clucchen, PP, HD, SkD; clouche, PP; clycchen, PP; clicche, PP.

[ Clocken], v. to limp, hobble, PP; clokke, PP.—OF. cloquer (clocher), to limp (Cotg.), also cloper: Prov. clopchar; Low Lat. *cloppicare, from cloppus; see Diez (P. 550).

Clodde; see [Clot].

Clofenn; see [Cleuen].

[ Cloister], sb. cloister, MD; cloistre, C3; cloystre, C; cloystyr, Prompt.—AF. cloister OF. cloistre (F. cloître). Cf. [Clauster].

[ Cloisterer], sb. cloister-monk, C2.

[ Clom], sb. silence, S2; see [Clum].

[ Clomben], pp. climbed, C; see [Climben].

[ Clomsen], v. to be benumbed, stupified, PP, H. See [Clum].