Meanings
present singular third person cleads · participle present cleading · participle past cleaded · past cleaded · alternative Scotland cleed · alternative Scotland cled · alternative Scotland cleid · alternative Scotland cleath · alternative Scotland clethe · alternative Scotland cleith · alternative Scotland cleth
- ScotlandtransitiveNorthen EnglandTo clothe.
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*gley-“to stick to, adhere”
- Proto-Germanic*klaiþijaną“to clothe”
- Proto-West Germanic*klaiþijan“to clothe”
- Old Englishclǣþan“to clothe”
- Middle Englishclethen
- Englishclead
From Middle English clethen, from Old English clǣþan (“to clothe”), from Proto-West Germanic *klaiþijan (“to clothe”), from Proto-Germanic *klaiþijaną (“to clothe”), from Proto-Indo-European *gley- (“to stick to, adhere”). Cognate with Scots cleed, cleid (“to clothe”). Doublet of cloth, clothe, and clad.
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clead. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/clead
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