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tó-cleófan

  • verb [ strong ]
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Grammar
tó-cleófan, p. -cleáf, pl. -clufon ; pp. -clofen
Wright's OE grammar
§656;
To cleave asunder
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  • Ic tócleófe (-clefe, MS. J. )

    findo,

      Ælfc. Gr. 28, 6; Zup. 178, 5.
  • Ic tóclǽfe,

      Engl. Stud. xi. 65, 38.
  • Gif ðú ǽnne stán tóclífst, ne wyrþ hé nǽfre gegaderod swá hé ǽr wæs,

      Bt. 34, 11; Fox 150, 26.
  • Tóclýfþ

    findit, i. rupit.

      Wrt. Voc. ii. 148, 63.
  • Ðonne God ðysne middangeard tócleófeþ,

      Blickl. Homl. 109, 35.
  • Ða nýtenu synd clǽne ðe tócleófaþ heora cláwa,

      Homl. Skt. ii. 25, 55.
  • Tócleáf

    findit,

      Wrt. Voc. ii. 37, 32.
  • Se réða kyning hine tócleáf on twá,

      Ælfc. T. Grn. 9, 21.
  • Tócleófende

    sulcans,

      Wülck. Gl. 254, 21.
  • Monnes cinbán gif hit biþ tóclofen, gesette mon xii. sciłł. tó bóte,

      L. Alf. pol. 50; Th. i. 94, 16.
  • Ða sticcu ðæs tóclofenan hriddores,

      Homl. Th. ii. 154, 19.
  • Óð ðone tóbrocenan beorg ðe ðǽr is tóclofen,

      Cod. Dip. Kmbl. ii. 251, 6.
  • Æt ðam litlan tóclofenan beorge, iii. 421, 9.
  • Tócleofenan, ii. 249, 26.
Etymology
[In later English the word is used transitively and intransitively. His ban tocluuen, Laym. 1920. Drihhtin toclæf þe sæ, Orm. 14798. He smot and toclef þat heued, R. Glouc. 186, 3. Mine herte shal tocleve. Chauc. T. and C. v. 613. Þe holi goste heuene shal tocleue. Piers P. 12, 141. Þe shell tooclef, Alis. (Skt. ) 1009.]
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v. un-tóclofen.
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