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jan 1, 1617 - slive

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A verb meaning to cleave or cut. 1617 <i>thornes … had bene ether stubbed or sleven</i>, Brandsby (NYRO44/144). The noun is also recorded: 1617 <i>some slyvings of yonge oaks from ould stovens</i>, Brandsby (NYRO44/135). The OED has a reference from 1688 to ‘A Sliven, Shivered, or Cloven tree’.

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Yorkshire Historic Dictionary 2

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