clevere

Middle English

Alternative forms

clever

Etymology

From cleven (“to split”) +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈkleːvər(ə)/

Noun

clevere

A wood-splitter.

Descendants

English: cleaver

References

“clẹ̄vere, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-08-1.

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