Scafell Pike
hill or mountain · Cumberland · 978m
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Old NorseSurmised
Suggested2 sources · name elements
Scafell Pike combines Old Norse elements. 'Scafell' likely means 'shaggy fell' or 'bare fell', and 'Pike' refers to a pointed mountain peak.
Word origins
- Scafell
- Old Norseshaggy or bare fell(from skagi "promontory, headland", fjall "mountain, fell")
- Pike
- Old Norsepeak, mountain(from pík "peak")