glen English · revision 15331

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=borrowing|attested=1489}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA: /ɡlɛn/, /ɡlɪn/^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[inh|enm|glen]] (Scots), [[bor|gd|gleann]], earlier glenn,^(Barnhart 1988)^(Etymonline)^(Hoad 1986)^(NODE 1998) cognate with [[sga|glenn]] and [[cy|glyn|t=valley]],^(Barnhart 1988)^(Etymonline)^(Hoad 1986) of unknown origin.^(Barnhart 1988)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ A narrow mountain valley: 1489, in Scots, in Barnhart and the OED, the late 15th century in Etymonline;^(Barnhart 1988)^(OED 1989)^(Etymonline) earlier in a place name, Glendew.^(Barnhart 1988)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It was at first a Scottish word;^(Hoad 1986)^(Barnhart 1988) Spenser took it up in the forms ''glenne'' and ''glinne'', and the form glen came into general English use in the mid-18th century.^(Hoad 1986) It is common in Scottish place names, giving whisky names like Glenlivet (1822) and the Glengarry cap (1841).^(Etymonline) Glen check fabrics, as the Glenurquhart check, are from 1923.^(OED 1989)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 1489 – glen (Scots).^(Barnhart 1988)^(OED 1989)

+ * mid-18th century – in general English use.^(Hoad 1986)

+ * 1822 – Glenlivet.^(Etymonline)

+ * 1923 – glen check.^(OED 1989)

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+ ==Modern meaning==

+ ===Noun===

+ # A narrow, deep mountain [[valley]], especially in Scotland or Ireland.^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[glenlike]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[dale]]

+ * [[valley]]

+ * [[strath]]

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+ ==Usage notes==

+ A different glen, a daffodil, is a Scots word from 1864;^(OED 1989) in Kilmarnock, Glen-Saturday was the day on which people were allowed to gather daffodils in the Glen of Craufurdland.^(Wright 1898)

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}