Climping
Major Settlement in the Parish of Climping
Historical Forms
- Clepinges 1086 DB
- Clenpi(n)ges c.1086 France
- Clinpingh, Clinpinghes c.1194 France
- Clympinges, Climpinges 1228 Pat 1233 ADi 1345 FF
- Climping c.1260 ADii
Etymology
This name, as suggested by Ekwall (PN in -ing 56), must be taken along with Clemsfold infra 159. The absence of u -forms in both these names makes it clear that we have to do with a stem klimp - rather than klump -. The topography forbids our taking this element to have the sense 'lump, hill,' which belongs to its Norse cognate kleppr , and we must take it to be a very early English climp -equivalent of the Norse kleppr , which, like the allied klyppr , was used as a nickname to describe a 'lumpy' man. There is an unidentified Clymperegge in Mayfield (1443Ct ) which may contain this same element, possibly as a significant word (cf. hrycg ) rather than as a nickname.