Backstone Edge
hill or mountain · Westmorland and Furness · 699m
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Old NorseAI-generated
This name likely refers to a stone edge that is 'back' or behind something else. It combines Old Norse terms for 'behind' and 'stone' with the Old English word for a ridge.
Word origins
- Back
- Old Norsebehind, back(from bak "back")
- stone
- Old Norsestone(from steinn "stone")
- Edge
- Old Englishridge, steep slope(from ecg "edge, sword")