Etymology

lynchet

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Today it means: A bank of earth that slowly builds up on the lower slope of a ploughed field; a feature of ancient field systems. Full definition →

Old English hlinc
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The story

  1. Old English · derived fromhlinc“a hill”
  2. English todaylynchet

Apparently lynch (“variant of linch”) + -et, the first element derived from Old English hlinc (“a hill”).

Words from the same roots

Old Englishhlinc all →

lynchLingwoodMalvern Link

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