Stony Cove Pike [Caudale Moor]
hill or mountain · Westmorland and Furness · 764m
WainwrightMarilynBirkettHewittNuttall
Old NorseSurmised
Probable2 sources · name elements
This name describes a pointed hill or peak ('pike') located near a stony cove or hollow. 'Cove' can refer to a hollow or shelter, and 'moor' indicates open, uncultivated land.
Word origins
- Stony
- Old EnglishAttestedfull of stones(from stānig "stony")
- Cove
- Old Englishhollow, shelter(from cofa "cave, hollow")
- Pike
- Old Norsepointed mountain(from pík "peak, point")
- Caudale
- Old Norsecold valley(from kaldr "cold", dalr "valley")
- Moor
- Old Englishopen, uncultivated land(from mōr "moor, heath")