40 TEESDALE PLACE-KAMES. 



Glints — in Deepdale. 

 Glints House— modern. 



Glints, near Bowes — a farm on the brow or top of the hill, 

 and near to rocky and stony ground and quarries. Watson. 

 Examples occur in North Tynedale. 

 Stevens Clint — a limestone bluff on the coast of Denmark. 



Combe. Comb. Coom. 



Wei, cwm, a hollow, a shelter, a place between hills, a dingle 

 or deep valley, a great hollow or glen; Gael, and Ir. cumar ; 

 Corn, cum, a valley opening downwards from a narrow point ; 

 A.-S. comb, a low place enclosed by hills, a valley. 



" !Fr. comhe, petite vallee, pli de terrain, has lieu entoure de 

 coUines, mot d'origine incertaine. Pourtant jusqu' a plus ample 

 informs la derivation celtique a le plus d'apparence. II existe 

 dans les langues latines. Bourguig. combe, comme. Provengal, 

 comh. Piedmont, conba ; pays de Gome, gomba. Espagn. combo. 

 It appears in French in a MS. of the sixth century." Littre. 



Ital. luogo dirupato, grotta ; Ger. thai, valley. 



Lat. cumba, cymba, a boat, skiff. 



Gr. Kv/ji^r], KVfx^o?, 1 . the hollow of a vessel, a drinking vessel, 

 cup, bowl ; 2. a boat. Sanscr. humbhas, cup, bowl. 



It does not occur in Gleasby or in Ihre. 



In Dan. dal ; and in Sw. dal and dald ■=. valley. 



" A combe, a valley. Devon. Cornw. Ab A.-S. comb, cp. 

 0. B. eoque antiquo Gallico kum, cwmm, unde defluxit Gallicum 

 recens combed Eay's Gloss. 



" Comb, a bowl-shaped valley." Taylor. 



" Comb. 1. a valley; 2. a sharp ridge." Halliwell and 

 Brockett. 



'' Cwm, Brit, a dingle or small valley in a range of hills." 

 Edmunds. 



" Coomb, a narrow meadowy bottom, generally or always be- 

 tween hanging woods." Engl. Dialect. Soc. "W. Devonsh. 



" Combe, a hollow in the downs, frequent in the names of 



