Topographical Features Flashcards by Jaz H | Brainscape

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á (ON); ēa /ea,ee/ (OE)

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river

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āc (OE)

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oak tree

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alor (OE)

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alder tree

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æsc (OE)

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ash tree

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bēam (OE); trēow (OE)

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tree

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bekkr (ON, beck); burna (OE); welle (OE)

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stream

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berg (OE)

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hill

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brom (OE)

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broom

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cefer (OE)

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beetle

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ceosol (OE, chesel/chisel); grēot (OE; grete)

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gravel

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dalr (ON, dale); denu (OE, dene)

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valley

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derne (OE, dern/darn)

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hidden/overgrown

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earn (OE)

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eagle

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ēg (OE, ey)

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island

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feld (OE)

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open land

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fjall (ON)

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mountain

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flēot (OE, flete)

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estuary

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funta (OE, font); welle (OE)

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spring

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gāra (OE)

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a triangular piece of land, gore

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grāf (OE)

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grove, wood

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halh (OE; hale, hall)

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enclosed corner of land

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hamm (OE)

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enclosed land, water-meadow

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haugr (ON; howe); hlāw (OE; low)

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hill, mound

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hǣð (OE)

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heath, heather

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hlinc (OE; linch); hrycg (OE)

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ridge

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hlið (OE; lith)

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slope

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hōh (OE; hough, hoo)

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“heel”, spur of land’

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hol (OE)

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hollow

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holmr (ON; holm)

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‘island, dry land in marsh’

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holt (OE); skógr (ON; skog); wudu (OE)

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wood

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hop (OE)

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‘remote enclosed place’; esp. ‘valley’

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hyrst (OE; hirst, hurst)

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‘wood, wooded hill’

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ge-lād (OE; lode)

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‘water-course’

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lēah (OE; lee, ley)

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‘wood’, ‘open land in woody area’

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mere (OE; mer(e)

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‘lake, mere’

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mōr (OE)

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‘wasteland, marshland, moor’

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ofer (OE; over)

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‘ridge, promontory’

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ōra (OE)

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‘shore, hill-slope’

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sceaga (OE; shaw)

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‘small wood’.

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strōd (OE)

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‘marshy land with brushwood’

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þveit (ON; thwaite)

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‘clearing’

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vað (ON; wath)

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‘ford’

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wæsse (OE; was)

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‘wet place, marsh’

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wald (OE; wald, wold, weald)

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‘forest’

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wīðig (OE)

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‘willow’