eldertongue

Old English · verb

clæman

Normalised clǣman

Part of speech
verb
Verb class
weak class 1
IPA
/ˈklæː.mɑn/
Syllables
ˈklæː · mɑn (2 syllables)
Modern English
cleamanointsmear

Meaning

  1. to smear

    c. CE 1000, Ælfric of Eynsham's translation of the Book of Genesis

    Thou makest a dwelling place inside the ark and smearest it within and without with tar.

  2. to anoint

Conjugation

Conjugation of clæman
PresentPast
Indicative
1st singular clǣmeclǣmde
2nd singular clǣmestclǣmstclǣmdest
3rd singular clǣmeþclǣmþclǣmde
Plural clǣmaþclǣmdon
Subjunctive
Singular clǣmeclǣmde
Plural clǣmenclǣmden
Non-finite forms of clæman
Form
Infinitive clǣman
Inflected infinitive clǣmenne
Imperative singular clǣm
Imperative plural clǣmaþ
Present participle clǣmende
Past participle clǣmedġeclǣmed

All forms (17)

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *klaimijan, from Proto-Germanic *klaimijaną (“to smear”), from Proto-Indo-European *gley- (“to smear, glue; stick”). Cognate with Old High German bikleimen (“to stain”), Old Norse kleima (“to smear”).

Descendants

cleam

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