cleofan

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *kleubaną, from Proto-Indo-European *glewbʰ- (“cut, carve”). Germanic cognates include Old Saxon kliovan, Middle Dutch clieven (Dutch klieven), Old High German klioban, Old Norse kljúfa.The Indo-European root is also the source of Ancient Greek γλύφω (glúphō, “carve”), Latin glūbō (“strip the bark off a tree”), Russian глубокий (glubokij, “deep”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈkleːofɑn/, [ˈkleːovɑn]

Verb

clēofan

  1. to cleave, to split
    Bordweall clufon aforan Eadweardes. Edward’s sons clove the shield-wall. (Anglo-Saxon Chronicles)

Conjugation
Conjugation of clēofan (strong class 2)
infinitive clēofan tō clēofenne
indicative present past
1st-person singular clēofe clēaf
2nd-person singular clīefest clufe
3rd-person singular clīefeþ clēaf
plural clēofaþ clufon
subjunctive present past
singular clēofe clufe
plural clēofen clufen
imperative
singular clēof
plural clēofaþ
participle present past
clēofende (ġe)clofen

Descendants
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