38 lEESDAlE PLACE-NAMES. 



The Latin clivus and accUvitas come near the above, but It. 

 scogliera ; Sp. roca^ penasco ; Port, roehedo, penha, penhasco ; Fr. 

 roche, rocher escarpe, falaise, belong to a different category. 



^^ Cliff, littus, ripa, rupes, clivus, promontorium." Lye. 



^' Elippa, scopulus; C. B. clip; A.-S. clif ; Angi. cliff; Ger. 

 hlippe. Dixi nuper ad vocem klifwa quod Attici kXltv^ dixere, 

 id -^olos kXittu's extulisse ; et vero videri simile, ab altero klettr, 

 Mint, orta esse, ab altero vero clivus, clif, cliff, Idippa, conf XeVas, 

 rupes, promontorium. Skinnerus a Tdohen findere derivat, et 

 proprie voce nostra notari putat fissuram mentis, vel petram As- 

 sam, perinde ac rupes a rumpendo ortum creditur, a scearan 

 allidere, skdr, rupes.'''' Ihre. 



" Klifs-lond, Cliffland or Cleveland." Cleasby. 



" Those British bloods he found his force that durst assaile, 

 And poured from the Cleeves their shafts Uke showers of haile 

 Upon his helmed head." 



Drayton, Polyolb. 8th Song. 



" Whence, climing to the Cleeves, her selfe she firmlie sets 

 The Bournes, the Brooks, the Becks, the Rills, the Eiulets, 

 Exactlie to derive." 



lb. , 1st Sontf. 



Examples : — 



"Wycliffe — the cliff by the water. " An etymology strikingly 

 adapted to the character of the place." "Whitaker's History of 

 Eichmond. 



In Yol. I. of Symeon of Durham, Surtees Society, it is called 

 Wigeclif and "Wilegeclife, probably contracted to Wycliffe. 

 " Wycliffe has been rendered White Cliff e," but not correctly. 

 The cliff is on the left bank of the Tees, opposite to the ancient 

 church, and is not white. 



High Cliff. 



Cleeve Beck — beck of the cliff, or cleft. 



Adjoining our district on the east, and on the left side of the 

 Tees, are situated High and Low Coniscliffe, villages near Gain- 

 ford. Their name is pronounced locally Cunscliffe, or Cunsliffe, 

 which may be a memorial of Eoyalty {Kong. Dan.) or a remi- 

 niscence of former rabbits (conies). 



