Archaic or dialectal past tense of 'clad': to clothe or dress someone; to cover or overlay with a material.
From Old English 'clǣddan' (to clothe). 'Cled' is an older or dialectal past tense form; modern English typically uses 'clad' as both present and past tense, though 'clad' more commonly functions as an adjective.
Old English had many different past tense forms, and 'cled' shows how English simplified over centuries—we largely stopped using '-ed' irregular forms like this, which is why 'clad' is unusual in modern English as a non-regular past tense.
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