Lonscale Pike [Lonscale Fell East Top]
hill or mountain · Cumberland · 703m
Birkett
Old NorseAI-generated
This name refers to the eastern summit of Lonscale Fell, which is a pike (a sharp peak). 'Lonscale' is likely Old Norse, possibly meaning 'long scale' or 'long slope'. 'Fell' is Old Norse for hill/mountain, and 'pike' is a sharp peak.
Word origins
- Lonscale
- Old Norsepossibly 'long scale' or 'long slope'(from langr "long", skali "hut, shelter, scale")
- Pike
- Old Norsea sharp peak(from pík "peak, point")
- Fell
- Old Norsehill, mountain(from fjall "mountain, fell")
- East
- Old Englisheast(from ēast "east")
- Top
- Old Englishtop, summit(from tōpp "top, summit")