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Woden Law

hill or mountain · Scottish Borders · 422m

Old EnglishAI-generated

This hill name likely derives from the Old English personal name 'Woden' or the god Woden, combined with the Old English word 'hlaw' meaning a hill or mound. It suggests a hill associated with or named after the deity.

Word origins

Woden
Old EnglishThe chief Anglo-Saxon god(from Wōden "Woden")
Law
Old EnglishHill, mound(from hlāw "hill, mound, burial mound")

Historical forms

Wodneshlaw