Scafell

专有名词

英文释义

专有名词
  1. A mountain in Cumbria, England.

词形变化

Scawfell alternative,obsolete Scaw Fell alternative,obsolete

词源

First recorded in 1578 as Skallfield; inherited from Middle English *Scalfel, from Old Norse skalli (“baldness”) + fjall (“peak”).
The form Scawfell predominated during the 19th century before the Ordnance Survey's adoption of the form Scafell displaced it; see Scafell#Name history.
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