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Glassoch Fell

hill or mountain · Dumfries and Galloway · 151m

Old EnglishAI-generated

Glassoch Fell likely combines the Old English 'glæs' (glass, shiny) with 'och' (a dialectal or archaic term for a hill or height). 'Fell' is a common Northern English word for a hill or mountain.

Word origins

Glass
Old Englishglass, shiny(from glæs "glass")
och
Old Englishhill, height(from hoc "hill")
Fell
Old Englishhill, mountain(from fel "hill, mountain")