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

by A. L. Mayhew; Walter W. Skeat

[ Clow-gilofre], sb. a clove-gilly-flower, C2; clowe-gylofres, pl., S2.—AF. cloue de gilofre. See [Geraflour].

[ Clubbe], sb. club, MD; clobbe, MD.—Icel. klubba, klumba.

[ Clubbed], adj. club-shaped, rough, MD, Prompt.; clobbed, C2.

[ Clucche], v. to clutch, PP; see [Clochen].

[ Cluddis], sb. pl. masses of cloud, S3; see [Cloude].

Cluke; see [Cloche].

[ Clum], sb. stillness, silence, MD, CM; Clom, S2.

[ Clumsen], v. to be benumbed, stupified, MD; clomsen, PP; clomsed, pp., set fast, H; clumst, H; clumsyd, ‘enervatus’, Cath.

[ Clumst-hede], sb. numbness, H.

[ Clupien], v. to call, S2; see [Clepen].