clingen
Middle English
/ˈklinɡən/
verb
Definitions
- To solidify; to adhere as to form a mass.
- To stick or cling; to be or make oneself adhesive onto something.
- To reduce, to decrease in size or vitality; to shrivel or whither
- To shrivel or reduce as to disappear or end.
- To be scared or frightened; to be struck by terror.
- (rare) To insert oneself into something.
Etymology
Inherited from Old English clingan (adhere) inherited from Proto-Germanic *klinganą (sound, adhere to, cling to).
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*klinganą
Gloss
sound, adhere to, cling to
Concept
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Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- anticling English
- cling English
- clinger English
- clingest English
- clingeth English
- clingfilm English
- clingfish English
- clingsome English
- clingstone English
- clingwrap English
- clingy English
- noncling English
- *klinganą Proto-Germanic
- *clincan Old English
- clingan Old English
- forclingan Old English
- clyngyng Middle English
- klingan Old High German
- *clingan Old Dutch
- klinga Old Frisian