clyf

Middle English

Alternative forms

• clyffe, clefe, clive, cleove, cleef, cliffe, clyve, clyfe

Etymology

Inherited from Old English clif, from Proto-Germanic *klibą; some forms are taken from the oblique stem.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /klif/, /kliv/, /kliːv/, /kleːv/, /kleːf/

Noun

clyf (plural clyffes)

1. A cliff; a heavily sloped hillside or mountainside.
2. A hill, mountain, peak or promontory.
3. The coast or shoreline; the bank or edge of a river.

Descendants

• English: cliff
• Scots: cliff (possibly from English)

References

• “clif (n.(1))”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-07-31.