Definitions For Clum

Adjective

(obsolete) silent, silent; glum.

Interjection

quiet; silence; hush

Noun

CLUM (plural CLUMs) (obsolete) silence, silence.

Alternative forms

{{l, enm, clom}}

Etymology

From Middle English clum, clom, , silence, perhaps for *clomen, , stiff, numb, past participle of *cleomen, , to be stiff; compare {{cog, enm, acleomen, , to be stiff}}, related to {{cog, enm, clumsen}}, clomsen, , to be stiff, be numb, {{cog, nl, kleumen, , to be stiff from cold}}; or perhaps representing {{inh, en, ang, clom}}, clam, clamm, , band, bond, fetter, chain, grip, grasp. Compare also {{cog, ang, clumian, , to mutter}}. More at clam.

Anagrams

Culm, MCLU, culm

Middle English