clyntirand

adj. (pres. ptcp.)

'rocky' (Modern English )

Etymology

Formed in English on clynt (n.).

PGmc Ancestor

*klentaz

Proposed ON Etymon (OIcel representative)

klettr (n.) 'cliff (in the landscape), cliff-face, crag, bluff, escarpment'
(ONP klettr (sb.))

Other Scandinavian Reflexes

OE Cognate

Phonological and morphological markers

Summary category

B2ab

Attestation

hapax legomenon, but see also clynt.

Occurrences in the Gersum Corpus

WA 4863

OED suggests it is 'very possibly a misreading of' <clintes and> (see clint), but this suggestion is not taken up by editors.

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