Cleave

A Dictionary of the First or Oldest Words in the English Language · 1862 · p. 2

, v. a. == split. HD. 917. pret. ‘clewyd’ == cleft. Alys. 3790. 3 pl. ‘clowen,’ ib. 2765. AS. clúfan —— v. n. == adhere to. HD. 1300. AS. clífan