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▪ I. † ˈcliver, n. Obs.
In 1 clifer, 3 cliver, -vre: see also cleafre.
[app. f. clif-, kliƀ-, weak grade of clífan, clifian, to cleave, climb; cf. Grimm. V. 1025.]
A claw, talon.
a1000Gloss. Prudent. (Recd.) 149 Clifra ungularum. Ibid. 150 C[l]ifras ungulas. a1250Owl & Night. 78 Thu starest so thu wille abiten Al that thu mist mid clivre smiten. Ibid. 84 Mid thine clivres woldest me meshe. Ibid. 270 Gode clivers scharp and longe.
▪ II. cliver
obs. form of clever, cleavers. |