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clomb

verb, past tense of climb

«clomb» in the English dictionary: Early Modern English — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

Early Modern English

Meaning

Went up something, using hands and feet. tree →

Then and now

No longer used as a past tense; today we say "climbed." The sentences show the old form in place of "climbed."

Examples

[Illustration: THE GLASSY HILL I CLOMB FOR THEE] (More English Fairy Tales) tree →
At seven years' end she got her iron shoon, clomb the glassy hill, and chanced to come to the old washerwife's habitation. (More English Fairy Tales) tree →
“I cleaned the stable, I laved the lake, and I clomb the tree, And all for the love of thee, And thou wilt not waken and speak to me.” (English Fairy Tales) tree →

Note

Today: climbed.

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