Wellees Rig
hill or mountain · Dumfries and Galloway
Old EnglishAI-generated
This name likely refers to a ridge or slope associated with a well or spring. 'Wellees' may be a dialectal form related to 'well', and 'rig' is a Northern English dialect word of Old Norse origin meaning a ridge.
Word origins
- Wellees
- Old Englishwell, spring (dialectal)(from wella "spring, well")
- Rig
- Old Norseridge(from hryggr "ridge")