clent - Middle English Compendium

Middle English Dictionary Entry

clent n.

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Entry Info

Forms	clent n.
Etymology	OE

Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)

Note: Cp. clint.

1.

A steep slope, cliff; ~ hil, a precipitous hill.

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(1186) EPNSoc.4 (Wor.)279 : Clent.
(1275) EPNSoc.4 (Wor.)255 : Dunclent.
(1346) EPNSoc.4 (Wor.)255 : Dounclent.
c1540(?a1400) Destr.Troy (Htrn 388)1995 : The ship ay shot furth o þe shire waghes, As qwo clymbe at a clyffe, or a clent hille.