Wether Hill
hill or mountain · Westmorland and Furness · 676m
Nuttall
Old NorseAI-generated
This hill is named after the wether sheep, a castrated male sheep, which were likely grazed here. The Old Norse term 'veðr' refers to a wether.
Word origins
- Wether
- Old Norsewether sheep(from veðr "wether")
- Hill
- Old Norsehill(from hóll "hill")