clumse
English
Alternative forms
- clumpse, clumps
Etymology
From Middle English clumsen, clomsen, cloumsen, from Old Norse *klumsa (compare Old Norse klumsa (“lock-jawed”)), whence also dialectal Norwegian klumsa (“to make speechless or benumbed”), dialectal Swedish klumsen (“numb with cold”). Compare related Low German verklamen, Dutch kleumen, verkleumen, German verklomen.
Verb
clumse (third-person singular simple present clumses, present participle clumsing, simple past and past participle clumsed)
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