Black Knowe Head
hill or mountain · Scottish Borders
Old EnglishAI-generated
This name describes the summit of a dark-coloured hill. It combines the Old English adjective 'blæc' (dark, black) with 'cnoll' (hill, mound) and 'hēafod' (head, top).
Word origins
- Black
- Old Englishdark, black(from blæc "dark, black")
- Knowe
- Old Englishhill, mound(from cnoll "small hill, mound")
- Head
- Old Englishtop, summit(from hēafod "head, top")