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Waderscrape

lake or loch · Pen-y-bont ar Ogwr - Bridgend

Old EnglishAI-generated

This name is likely of Old English origin. 'Wader' refers to a wading bird, and 'scrape' could mean a marshy or boggy area, or possibly a place where something was scraped or cleared.

Word origins

Wader
Old Englisha bird that wades(from *wadan "to wade")
scrape
Old Englishmarshy area or place scraped(from *scræp "scrap, fragment, marshy ground")