Participles
| Present | clǣmende |
| Past | (ġe)clǣmed |
Indicative
Present
| 1st sing. | clǣme |
| 2nd sing. | clǣmest; clǣmst |
| 3rd sing. | clǣmeþ; clǣmþ |
| 1st plur. | clǣmaþ |
| 2nd plur. | clǣmaþ |
| 3rd plur. | clǣmaþ |
Past
| 1st sing. | clǣmde |
| 2nd sing. | clǣmdest |
| 3rd sing. | clǣmde |
| 1st plur. | clǣmdon |
| 2nd plur. | clǣmdon |
| 3rd plur. | clǣmdon |
Subjunctive
Present
| 1st sing. | clǣme |
| 2nd sing. | clǣme |
| 3rd sing. | clǣme |
| 1st plur. | clǣmen |
| 2nd plur. | clǣmen |
| 3rd plur. | clǣmen |
Past
| 1st sing. | clǣmde |
| 2nd sing. | clǣmde |
| 3rd sing. | clǣmde |
| 1st plur. | clǣmden |
| 2nd plur. | clǣmden |
| 3rd plur. | clǣmden |
Imperative
| Singular | clǣm |
| Plural | clǣmaþ |
Verbs conjugated like 'clæman'
clæman,
Verbs similar to 'clæman'
clæmman,
alædan,
aræman,
blæcan,
blætan,
cirman,
clæppan,
clawan,
clemman,
clifan,
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”). See: Proto-Germanic '
*klaimijaną'.
Sample Sentences
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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.)
Cognates
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