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The Orkney Book

by John Gunn

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1 Land Features

Ass, ridge; -house.

Bjarg, rocky hill; -berry, -ber.

Bratt, steep; brett-.

Brekka, slope; -breck.

Dal, valley; -dale, -dall.

Fjall, hill; -fell, -fea, -fiold.

Gil, narrow glen; -gill.

Grjot, gravel; grut-.

Hals, neck, col; hass.

Hammar, crag.

Haug, mound; howe, hox-.

Hlith, slope; -lee.

Hvāll, hōll, hill; hol-, hool-.

Hvamm, small valley, grassy slope; quholm.

Kamb, ridge or crest; kame.

Knapp, hilltop, knob.

Kuml, burial mound; cumla-.

Leir, clay; ler-.

Mel, sandbank, sandy downs.

Mor, pl. mos, moor; mous-, -mo.

Myri, wet meadow; -mire.

Skal, soft rock, shale; skel-.

Thufa, mound; -too.

Varthi, watch-tower; ward, wart.

Voll, valley; vel-, -wall.

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