CLEAVE
VERBS
..888 — TO-CLEAVE to cleave asunder; to split open; to divide or separate into two parts → obs.
1050 — TO-SLIVE to cleave → obs.
1300 — TO-RIVE to cleave, to split open; to rive or tear asunder → obs.
1460 — ACLEAVE to cleave or split → obs.
1827 — YARK → YERK to cleave; to cut, to chop, to hack → Sc.
Lexicophilia 