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Etymology
From Middle Irish cláenaid, a denominative verb from Old Irish clóen. Cognate with Irish claon and Scottish Gaelic claon.
Verb
cleayn (verbal noun cleayney, past participle cleaynit or cleaynt)
- divert, deviate, bank, list, veer, incline
- stoop
- attract, seduce, inveigle
- influence, dispose, induce
- decoy
- distort
- draw off, recede
- tend (as garden)
- circumvent
Derived terms
Mutation