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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")