Sir Launcelot put his shield afore him, and put the stroke away of the one giant, and with his sword he
clave his head asunder.
He struggled against his thirst till his tongue
clave to the roof of his mouth; then, no longer able to resist, he called out.
But the heat grew greater as soon as noon came on, till at last, as he found himself on a wide heath that would take him more than an hour to cross, he began to be so hot and parched that his tongue
clave to the roof of his mouth.
On the second round, the stranger led off and landed cleverly within the small garland at the top of the wand; but Robin shot far better and
clave the wand itself, clean at the middle.
I heard the feet of the slayers as they bounded forward to hale me to the dreadful death, but my tongue
clave to the roof of my mouth--I could not say a word.
Swiftly they traversed their long course, and neither the sea nor river-waters nor grassy glens nor mountain- peaks checked the career of the immortal horses, but they
clave the deep air above them as they went.
"Ah!" said Silas, who had now come to understand Dolly's phraseology, "that was what fell on me like as if it had been red-hot iron; because, you see, there was nobody as cared for me or
clave to me above nor below.