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Wood Fell

hill or mountain · Dumfries and Galloway

Old EnglishAI-generated

This name refers to a hill that is wooded. It combines the Old English word 'wudu' meaning wood or forest, with 'fell', a term of Norse origin meaning a hill or mountain.

Word origins

Wood
Old EnglishWood, forest(from wudu "wood")
Fell
Old NorseHill, mountain(from fjall "mountain")