clif

Old English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *klib, from Proto-Germanic *klibą. Cognate with Old Saxon klif, Middle Dutch clif, clef (Dutch klif), Old High German kleb, Old Norse klif.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /klif/

Noun

clif n

  1. a cliff; a group of rocks or crag
    • The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle
      An. DCCLXI Hēr wæs sē myċċla winter ⁊ Moll Norðhymbra cining ofslōh Ōswine æt Ædwines clife on octauo Īdūs Agustī.
      Year 761 In this year was the great winter, and King Moll of Northumbria slew Oswine at Edwin's cliff on [in Latin] the eighth Ides of August.

Declension

Strong a-stem:

singular plural
nominative clif clifu
accusative clif clifu
genitive clifes clifa
dative clife clifum

Descendants

  • Middle English: clif
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