High Wether Howe
hill or mountain · Westmorland and Furness · 531m
Birkett
Old NorseAI-generated
High Wether Howe refers to a high hill ('howe') where sheep ('wether') were grazed. 'Howe' is a Norse word for a hill or mound.
Word origins
- High
- Old Englishtall, elevated(from hēah "high")
- Wether
- Old Englishcastrated ram(from wæðer "wether, castrated ram")
- Howe
- Old Norsehill, mound(from haugr "mound, hill")