Greenber Hill
hill or mountain · North Yorkshire
Old EnglishSurmised
Probable2 sources · name elements
This name likely refers to a green hill or a hill with a green summit. 'Ber' could be a variant of 'barrow' (a hill or burial mound) or 'burh' (fortified place), but 'hill' is also present.
Word origins
- Green
- Old EnglishAttestedgreen(from grēne "green")
- ber
- Old EnglishAttestedpossibly 'barrow' (hill/mound) or 'burh' (fort)(from beorg "hill, mound", burh "fortified place")
- Hill
- Old EnglishAttestedhill(from hyll "hill")