v. Obs. Pa. pple. yclive(n). [Identical in form with OE. clífan str. v. to stick, cling, CLEAVE; and both in form and sense with the corresp. ON. klîfa str. v. to climb: cf. also MDu. clîven to cling and to climb. For earlier instances in the sense ‘cling,’ see CLEAVE v.2] To climb.
1340. Ayenb., 26. Ypocrites sotyls þet sotilliche wylleþ heȝe cliue … hi byþ uol wexe and heȝe ycliue ine dyngnetes. Ibid., 127. Wyþ-oute þise uour uirtues non ne may cliue in-to þe helle of perfeccion. Vor huo þet wyle ȝuo heȝe clyue him behoueþ … þet he habbe prudence. [So frequent in Ayenb.]
Clive: see CLIFF 1 β; also CLEAVE v.1 and 2.
