Grey Crag [Sleddale Fell]
hill or mountain · Westmorland and Furness · 638m
WainwrightBirkettHewittNuttall
Old NorseSurmised
Suggested2 sources · name elements
Grey Crag combines Old Norse 'grár' (grey) with 'krákr' (crow/rocky outcrop). Sleddale Fell is from Old Norse 'Sleðidalr' (valley of the sled) and OE 'fell' (hill). It describes a grey rocky outcrop in Sleddale.
Word origins
- Grey
- Old Norsegrey(from grár "grey")
- Crag
- Old Norsecrow, rocky outcrop(from krákr "crow, rocky outcrop")
- Sleddale
- Old Norsevalley of the sled(from Sleði "sled", dalr "valley")
- Fell
- Old Englishhill, mountain(from fiel "hill, mountain")