- also found in dialects in the north of England, linn 'waterfall' has been used to form place-names throughout Scotland. The Corra Linn Waterfalls on the River Clyde, Robert's Linn near Hawick and the Linn o' Dee are three striking examples. Descended from Old English hlynn, the term is recorded in a variety of Scottish texts dating back to the Middle Ages, including Alexander Montgomerie's poem The Cherrie and the Slae (c.1605):
The streame... growes ay broader nere the sea,
Sen over the lin it came.