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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.
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  • 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.
In later English the word is used transitively and intransitively.
Similar entries
v. un-tóclofen.
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Citation

Bosworth, Joseph. “tó-cleófan.” In An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online, edited by Thomas Northcote Toller, Christ Sean, and Ondřej Tichy. Prague: Faculty of Arts, Charles University, 2014. https://bosworthtoller.com/30623.

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