cromlechn.

Brit.

/ˈkrɒmləx/,

/ˈkrɒmlɛx/,

/ˈkrɒmlək/,

/ˈkrɒmlɛk/, U.S.

/ˈkrɑmˌlɛk/, Welsh English

/ˈkrɔmlɛx/

Forms: Also 1600s kromlech, 1700s–1800s cromleh, 1800s cromleac.

Etymology: < Welsh cromlech (in Irish and Gaelic cromleac, -leachd), < crom, feminine of crwm ‘crooked, bowed, bent, curved, concave, convex’ + llech (flat) stone.

A structure of prehistoric age consisting of a large flat or flattish unhewn stone resting horizontally on three or more stones set upright; found in various parts of the British Isles, esp. in Wales, Devonshire, Cornwall, and Ireland. Also applied to similar structures in other parts of the world.This is the application of the word in Welsh. In Brittany such structures are called dolmen (= table-stones), while cromlech is the name of a circle of standing stones. As a common noun cromlech is known in Welsh only from c1700, but as a proper name, or part of one, it occurs in Owen's Pembrokeshire, and in several place-names believed to be ancient. In Cornish it is known earlier; a grant in Bishop Grandison's Register at Exeter (1328–1370), purporting to be from Æthelstan to Buryan, 943 (Birch, Cartul. Sax. II. 527), mentions in the boundaries ‘fossa quæ tendit circa Rescel cromlegh’. See Silvan Evans Welsh Dict.

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cromlech1603

table stone1744

quoit1754

tolmen1754

dolmen1859

1603 G. Owen Descr. Penbrokshire (1892) i. xxvi. 251 An other thinge worth the noteinge is the stone called Maen y gromlegh vpon Pentre Jevan lande; yt is a huge and massie stone mounted on highe and sett on the toppes of iij other highe stones, pitched standinge vpright in the grounde.

1695 in E. Gibson tr. W. Camden Britannia 676 In Bod-Owyr..we find a remarkable Kromlech..These..are thought to have received the name of Cromlecheu, for that the Table or covering Stone is on the upper side somewhat gibbous or convex.

1740 W. Stukeley Stonehenge vii. 33 It was one of those stones which the Welsh call Crwm-Lecheu or bowing stones.

1767 Ann. Reg. 1766 Acct. of Bks. 297 The huge, broad, flat stones, raised upon other stones set up on end for that purpose, now called Cromlechs.

1851 D. Wilson Archæol. & Prehistoric Ann. Scotl. i. iii. 65 The cromlech, which is now universally recognised as a sepulchral monument.

1859 J. M. Jephson & L. Reeve Narr. Walking Tour Brittany xi. 181 Scattered over its wide and arid plains, are cromlechs, dolmens, menhirs.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	cromlech
释义	cromlechn. Brit. /ˈkrɒmləx/, /ˈkrɒmlɛx/, /ˈkrɒmlək/, /ˈkrɒmlɛk/, U.S. /ˈkrɑmˌlɛk/, Welsh English /ˈkrɔmlɛx/ Forms: Also 1600s kromlech, 1700s–1800s cromleh, 1800s cromleac. Etymology: < Welsh cromlech (in Irish and Gaelic cromleac, -leachd), < crom, feminine of crwm ‘crooked, bowed, bent, curved, concave, convex’ + llech (flat) stone. A structure of prehistoric age consisting of a large flat or flattish unhewn stone resting horizontally on three or more stones set upright; found in various parts of the British Isles, esp. in Wales, Devonshire, Cornwall, and Ireland. Also applied to similar structures in other parts of the world.This is the application of the word in Welsh. In Brittany such structures are called dolmen (= table-stones), while cromlech is the name of a circle of standing stones. As a common noun cromlech is known in Welsh only from c1700, but as a proper name, or part of one, it occurs in Owen's Pembrokeshire, and in several place-names believed to be ancient. In Cornish it is known earlier; a grant in Bishop Grandison's Register at Exeter (1328–1370), purporting to be from Æthelstan to Buryan, 943 (Birch, Cartul. Sax. II. 527), mentions in the boundaries ‘fossa quæ tendit circa Rescel cromlegh’. See Silvan Evans Welsh Dict. ΘΚΠ society > communication > record > memorial or monument > [noun] > structure or erection > stone > dolmen or cromlech cromlech1603 table stone1744 quoit1754 tolmen1754 dolmen1859 1603 G. Owen Descr. Penbrokshire (1892) i. xxvi. 251 An other thinge worth the noteinge is the stone called Maen y gromlegh vpon Pentre Jevan lande; yt is a huge and massie stone mounted on highe and sett on the toppes of iij other highe stones, pitched standinge vpright in the grounde. 1695 in E. Gibson tr. W. Camden Britannia 676 In Bod-Owyr..we find a remarkable Kromlech..These..are thought to have received the name of Cromlecheu, for that the Table or covering Stone is on the upper side somewhat gibbous or convex. 1740 W. Stukeley Stonehenge vii. 33 It was one of those stones which the Welsh call Crwm-Lecheu or bowing stones. 1767 Ann. Reg. 1766 Acct. of Bks. 297 The huge, broad, flat stones, raised upon other stones set up on end for that purpose, now called Cromlechs. 1851 D. Wilson Archæol. & Prehistoric Ann. Scotl. i. iii. 65 The cromlech, which is now universally recognised as a sepulchral monument. 1859 J. M. Jephson & L. Reeve Narr. Walking Tour Brittany xi. 181 Scattered over its wide and arid plains, are cromlechs, dolmens, menhirs. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1603
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