Blacklaw Hill
hill or mountain · Dumfries and Galloway
Old EnglishAI-generated
Blacklaw Hill likely refers to a hill with dark soil or vegetation, or one that appears dark. 'Black' is the colour, and 'law' is likely from Old Norse 'lagr' meaning low, or Old English 'hlaw' meaning hill or mound.
Word origins
- Black
- Old Englishdark, black(from blæc "black")
- law
- Old Norselow, or hill/mound(from lagr "low", hlaw "hill, mound")
- Hill
- Old Englishhill(from hyll "hill")