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Swineside Knott

hill or mountain · Westmorland and Furness · 553m

Birkett
Old NorseAI-generated

This name combines a personal name or descriptor with 'knott', meaning a rounded hill. Swineside likely refers to a place associated with pigs or a person named Swine.

Word origins

Swineside
Old Norsepig's side or personal name(from svīn "pig", sīða "side")
Knott
Old Norserounded hill(from hnǫttr "rounded object, knob")