Bowfell
hill or mountain · Cumberland/Westmorland and Furness · 903m
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Old NorseAI-generated
Bowfell is thought to derive from the Old Norse 'búi', a personal name, or 'bú', meaning 'dwelling', combined with 'fjall', meaning 'mountain'. It could mean 'Bui's mountain' or 'mountain with dwellings'.
Word origins
- Bow
- Old Norsepersonal name or dwelling(from Búi "personal name", bú "dwelling")
- fell
- Old Norsemountain(from fjall "mountain")