clynnan

Old English

Alternative forms
  • clynian, clynan

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *klunnjan, derived from Proto-Germanic *klinnaną (“to sound”), from Proto-Indo-European *gelH- (“to call, sound”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈklyn.nɑn/

Verb

clynnan

  1. (intransitive) to sound, resound
  2. (transitive) to cause to sound
  3. (transitive, at a door) to knock
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