Re: "hewed to"

Benct Philip Jonsson wrote:

> 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.

'klufian' sounds right, but I'm not sure about 'klaufan'.  'au' > 'ea'.

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