Re: "hewed to"

Joe skrev:
> Benct Philip Jonsson wrote:
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>> Ray Brown skrev:
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>>>>
>>>> I think they are totally mistaken.
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>>> I agree.
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>>>> Swedish has two
>>>> distinct words _klyva_ "cleave, cut along the length"
>>>> and _kliva_ "take a stride".  The rest is easy to figure.
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>>> The two 'cleaves' are not the same in English, either.
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>>> The one meaning 'to divide, separate, split with violence' ((<-- O.E.
>>> _cléofan_) is _transitive_ and is a either a _strong_  or 'mixed' verb:
>>> preterite _clove_ (archaic: _clave_) or _cleft_; past part. _cloven_ or
>>> _cleft_.
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>> So the etymon of Swedish _klyva_, presumably *klufian is a
>> causative to the etymon of Old English _cléofan_ *klaufan,
>> and they make an ablaut pair.
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> 'klufian' sounds right, but I'm not sure about 'klaufan'.  'au' > 'ea'.
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Oh yes au became éa (long).

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