Topographical Features Flashcards
(45 cards)
1
Q
á (ON); ēa /ea,ee/ (OE)
A
river
2
Q
āc (OE)
A
oak tree
3
Q
alor (OE)
A
alder tree
4
Q
æsc (OE)
A
ash tree
5
Q
bēam (OE); trēow (OE)
A
tree
6
Q
bekkr (ON, beck); burna (OE); welle (OE)
A
stream
7
Q
berg (OE)
A
hill
8
Q
brom (OE)
A
broom
9
Q
cefer (OE)
A
beetle
10
Q
ceosol (OE, chesel/chisel); grēot (OE; grete)
A
gravel
11
Q
dalr (ON, dale); denu (OE, dene)
A
valley
12
Q
derne (OE, dern/darn)
A
hidden/overgrown
13
Q
earn (OE)
A
eagle
14
Q
ēg (OE, ey)
A
island
15
Q
feld (OE)
A
open land
16
Q
fjall (ON)
A
mountain
17
Q
flēot (OE, flete)
A
estuary
18
Q
funta (OE, font); welle (OE)
A
spring
19
Q
gāra (OE)
A
a triangular piece of land, gore
20
Q
grāf (OE)
A
grove, wood
21
Q
halh (OE; hale, hall)
A
enclosed corner of land
22
Q
hamm (OE)
A
enclosed land, water-meadow
23
Q
haugr (ON; howe); hlāw (OE; low)
A
hill, mound
24
Q
hǣð (OE)
A
heath, heather
25
hlinc (OE; linch); hrycg (OE)
ridge
26
hlið (OE; lith)
slope
27
hōh (OE; hough, hoo)
"heel", spur of land'
28
hol (OE)
hollow
29
holmr (ON; holm)
'island, dry land in marsh'
30
holt (OE); skógr (ON; skog); wudu (OE)
wood
31
hop (OE)
'remote enclosed place'; esp. 'valley'
32
hyrst (OE; hirst, hurst)
'wood, wooded hill'
33
ge-lād (OE; lode)
'water-course'
34
lēah (OE; lee, ley)
'wood', 'open land in woody area'
35
mere (OE; mer(e)
'lake, mere'
36
mōr (OE)
'wasteland, marshland, moor'
37
ofer (OE; over)
'ridge, promontory'
38
ōra (OE)
'shore, hill-slope'
39
sceaga (OE; shaw)
'small wood'.
40
strōd (OE)
'marshy land with brushwood'
41
þveit (ON; thwaite)
'clearing'
42
vað (ON; wath)
'ford'
43
wæsse (OE; was)
'wet place, marsh'
44
wald (OE; wald, wold, weald)
'forest'
45
wīðig (OE)
'willow'
