Old English · noun
hlinc
- Part of speech
- noun, masculine
- Declension
- strong a-stem
- IPA
- /xlint͡ʃ/[l̥int͡ʃ]
- Syllables
- xlint͡ʃ (1 syllable)
Meaning
hill, rising ground, slope
a bank separating strips of arable land on a slope; a bank forming a boundary
ridge
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *hlink, from Proto-Germanic *hlinkaz, from Proto-Indo-European *kleng- (“to bend, turn, wind, twist”).
Descendants
linch, links
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