Re: "hewed to"

On Thu, 17 Mar 2005 16:14:57 +0000, Bryan Parry <bajparry@...> wrote:
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> To be honest with you,  I have never heard "cleave"
> used to mean anything other than to pierce/split etc.
> Altho' I checked the dictionary, and it appears that
> you are not mistaken. All I can say is that must be an
> obscure usage of the word cleave, because I have never
> before come across it. My dictionary does seem to
> suggest that they come from two different, albeit
> related, words.
>
> Bryan
I found this online:

Split, divide:

Middle English cleven, from Old English cleofan. See gleubh- in
Indo-European Roots.]

the "e" in cleofan should have a macron over it.

Stick, cling to:

[Middle English cleven, from Old English cleofian.]



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