Gump of Spurness
hill or mountain · Orkney Islands · 53m
Old NorseAI-generated
Gump of Spurness likely combines the Old Norse 'gump' meaning 'headland' or 'point', with 'spurning' possibly related to 'spurn' (to kick or reject), and 'ness' meaning 'headland'. It describes a prominent, possibly rugged, headland.
Word origins
- Gump
- Old Norseheadland, point(from gump "headland, point")
- of
- Unknownpreposition
- Spurn
- Old Norsespurning, kicking(from spyrna "to spurn, kick")
- ess
- Old Norseheadland(from nes "headland")