Past tense of 'climb' in archaic or dialectal usage; to have climbed.
An obsolete or dialectal past tense of 'climb,' showing how English once had regular sound changes for forming past tense. This form appears in older poetry and dialect speech, representing a stage before 'climbed' became standardized.
English speakers used 'clamb' and 'clomb' as past tense forms of 'climb' until relatively recently—some dialects held onto it into the 20th century! It shows how standardization of irregular verbs is still ongoing in English.
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