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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")