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    origin of word cloven

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    As in cloven hoove? 

    The word cloven is past participle of cleave, which originates from the Old English strong verb cleofan, and from Proto-Germanic kleubanan.

    http://oxforddictionaries.com/definition/english/cloven?q=cloven



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