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Old English
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *klaimijan. Cognate with Old High German kleimen.
Pronunciation
Verb
clǣman
- to smear
- c. C.E. 1000, Ælfric of Eynsham's translation of the Book of Genesis:
Ðū wircst wununge binnan ðam arce and clǣmst wiðinnan and wiðūtan mid tyrwan.- Thou makest a dwelling place inside the ark and smearest it within and without with tar.
Conjugation
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