Foul Dike Hill
hill or mountain · North Yorkshire
Old EnglishAI-generated
This name refers to a hill with a foul or dangerous dike or ditch. The 'foul' element indicates something unpleasant or dirty, and 'dike' refers to a ditch or embankment.
Word origins
- Foul
- Old Englishfoul, dirty, unpleasant(from fūl "foul, dirty")
- Dike
- Old Englishdike, ditch(from dīc "ditch, embankment")
- Hill
- Old Englishhill(from hyll "hill")