clothen

Middle English

Alternative forms

• clothyn, claðen, kloþen, cloþen, cloþe, clothe, clooþe, clathe, clath, cloþie, cloþy, cloþi

Etymology

From Old English clāþian, from Proto-Germanic *klaiþōną, from Proto-Indo-European *gley-; equivalent to cloth +‎ -en.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈklɔːðən/, /ˈklɔːðiən/

Verb

clothen

1. To use clothing:
   1. (transitive, intransitive) To clothe; to put clothing on.
   2. (reflexive) To wear; to put clothing on oneself.
   3. (transitive, reflexive) To furnish with clothing or garments.
2. To hide or make undiscoverable:
   1. (transitive) To enclose; to surround as to hide.
   2. (transitive) To secrete or make hidden; to stash away.
   3. (transitive, intransitive) To give bodily or physical form; to surround with physical substances.
   4. (transitive) To cause to change appearance for the purpose of hiding; to force metamorphosis.
3. (reflexive) To gain a trait; to immerse in an abstract quantity.
   • c. 1395, John Wycliffe, John Purvey [et al.], transl., Bible (Wycliffite Bible (later version), MS Lich 10.)‎^[1], published c. 1410, Coꝛinthis ·i· 15:54, page 67v, column 1; republished as Wycliffe's translation of the New Testament, Lichfield: Bill Endres, 2010:

     / but whanne þis dedli þing ſchal cloþe vndedlyneſſe .· þanne ſchal þe woꝛd be doon þat is writen / deþ is ſopun up in victoꝛie

     But when the mortal acquires immortality, then the saying that's been recorded will be fulfilled: "Death has been swallowed up in victory […]

4. (transitive, intransitive) To decorate or ornament.
5. (rare, intransitive) To be furnished with clothing.
6. (rare, transitive) To use or utilise.

Conjugation

Conjugation of clothen

infinitive	(to) clothen
indicative	present	past
1st person singular	clothe	clad(de), clothed(e)
2nd person singular	clothest	claddest, clothedest
3rd person singular	clotheþ, clotheth	clad(de), clothed(e)
plural	clothen	cladden, clotheden
subjunctive	present	past
singular	clothe	clad(de), clothed(e)
plural	clothen	cladden, clotheden
imperative	present
singular	clothe
plural	clotheþ, clotheth
participle	present	past
	clothende, clothinge	(y)clad, (y)clothed

Descendants

• English: clothe

References

• “clōthen (v.)” in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-06-25.