Gudewife's Hill
hill or mountain · Dumfries and Galloway · 388m
Old EnglishAI-generated
Gudewife's Hill refers to a hill associated with a 'good wife' or a woman of status. The term 'gode wif' in Old English denoted a respectable woman.
Word origins
- Gude
- Old Englishgood(from gōd "good")
- wife
- Old Englishwife, woman(from wif "wife, woman")
- Hill
- Old Englishhill(from hyll "hill")