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CLIF

  • noun [ neuter ]
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Grammar
CLIF, clyf, cleof, es; n.
Wright's OE grammar
§96; §101; §344;
A CLIFF, rock, steep descent; promon ory, clivus, rupes, promontorium
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  • Ða ludéi lǽddon Crist to ánum clife, and woldon hine niðerascúfan

    the Jews led Christ to a cliff, and would cast him down,

    • Homl. Th. ii. 236, 33
    • .
  • Æt Eádwines clife

    at Edwin's cliff,

    • Chr. 761
    • ;
    • Th. 89, 24, col. 1
    • .
  • Ðæt hí ne hlipen on ðæt scorene clif

    that they leap not down the abrupt cliff,

    • Past. 33, 1
    • ;
    • Hat. MS. 41a. 9
    • .
  • Be clifum

    on the cliffs,

    • Exon. 81b
    • ;
    • Th. 306, 15
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    • Secf. 8
    • .
  • Ðæt hie Geáta clifu ongitan meahton

    that they might perceive the cliffs of the Gauts,

    • Beo. Th. 3826
    • ;
    • B. 1911
    • .
  • Ofer cald cleofu

    over the cold cliffs,

    • Andr. Kmbl. 619
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    • An. 310: Exon. 101b
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    • Th. 384, 15
    • ;
    • Rä. 4, 28
    • .
  • Ðú hluttor lǽtest wæter of clife clǽnum

    thou lettest forth clear waters from the pure rock,

    • Exon. 55a
    • ;
    • Th. 194, 11
    • ;
    • Az. 137: Bt. Met. Fox 5, 25
    • ;
    • Met. 5, 13
    • .
  • Se ðe gecyrde clyf on wyllan wætera

    qui convertit rupem in fontes aquarum,

    • Ps. Spl. M. C. 113, 8
    • .
  • God clifu cyrreþ on wæteres wellan

    God turneth rocks into wells of water,

    • Ps. Th. 113, 8
    • .
  • Clif

    promontorium,

    • Ælfc. Gl. 67
    • ;
    • Som. 69, 117
    • ;
    • Wrt. Voc. 41, 67
    • .
  • Nílus seó eá, hyre ǽwylme, is neáh ðæm clife ðære Reádan Sǽs

    the spring of the river Nile is near the promontory of the Red Sea,

    • Ors. 1, 1
    • ;
    • Bos. 17, 19, 29
    • .
Etymology
[
O. Sax. klif, n. a rock;
Dut. klip, f. a rock, cliff:
Kil. kleppe, klippe rupes, petra;
Ger. klippe, f. rupes:
O. H. Ger. clep promontorium:
Dan. klippe, m. f. a rock, cliff:
Swed. klippa, f:
Icel. klif, n. a cliff
]
Derived forms
brim-clif, ég-, heáh-, holm-, stán-, weal-
Linked entries
v.  cleof cliof clyf.
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  • CLIF, n.