Meal Fell
hill or mountain · Cumberland · 549m
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Old NorseSurmised
Suggested2 sources · name elements
Meal Fell likely derives from Old Norse, with 'Meal' possibly meaning 'middle' or 'bare'. 'Fell' is the Old Norse word for a hill or mountain.
Word origins
- Meal
- Old Norsemiddle or bare(from milli "middle", mjall "bare")
- Fell
- Old Norsehill, mountain(from fjall "mountain, fell")