hlinc

== Old English == === Etymology === From Proto-West Germanic *hlink, from Proto-Germanic *hlinkaz, from Proto-Indo-European *kleng- (“to bend, turn, wind, twist”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /xlint͡ʃ/, [l̥int͡ʃ] === Noun === hlinċ m (nominative plural hlinċas) hill, rising ground, slope a bank separating strips of arable land on a slope; a bank forming a boundary ridge ==== Inflection ==== Strong a-stem: ==== Related terms ==== hlanc ==== Descendants ==== Middle English: linche, link English: linch (lynch, lynchet) Scots: link, linkis → English: links