LAKES, AND THE SNOW-LINE. 453 



Gust, light wind. Mountains are called so probably because the wind generally blows from 

 the mountain. Yonsjof^usteu. 



Haagn, a hip^h but not couc-shapod mountain. Elgaahaao-na. 



Hammer a steep, precipitous, and sometimes projecting mountain. This term is common 



. throughout the country. Kampenhammerne. 



Hat, hclte, hat, or cap-formed shaped mountain, generally snow-covered Common throu"-h- 

 out the country, but mostly from Dover northward. Skjaekerhatten, Nehatteu, Sneh«!tt?n 

 Pighastten. ' 



Haug, //oK«',niostlyinthe south of Norway, signifying rounded, dome, or haystack-shaped 

 mouutam. Jemdalshougen. ^ 



Hci, held mountain plateau. This term is common all through the country. Hogeheia 



Hum, common name of liorn or alp-formed peaks. Skogshorn, Remsdalshorn. 



Homl, hovde, fioved. These terms are mostly used south of Dover, signifying iar"-e proiect- 

 iug mountains. Synhovd, Reksjbhovd. » ' i j 



Hii, hoe, hog hogd, hoi, hOide, signifying large dome-formed mountains, sometimes coue- 

 tormed. btorhoi, Humdalshoc. 



J6fcel,juke(, common in the Avhole country, signfying glacier, or mountain covered with 

 ice. Hallingjokelen, Jukeleggen. 



Kaiipe, common name of mountain covered with eternal snow. Lodalskaupe. 



Kamp, common name southof Dover of dome-formed, often isolated mountain without peak. 

 Askamoen, Svartekampen. 



Kirke. This term is most common in the south of Norway, signifying high, precipitous, and 

 projecting mountains. This name is also supposed to have been derived from le"-en"d.s of 

 ciiurches which before the reformation are said to have existed in the hi^-h mountains in 

 the amt of Kristian. Synslaukjerken, Svarlhulkjerken. ° 



Kjarring, mountain sometimes like the shape of an old woman in a sitting posture. Ve- 

 huskja?rriuga. 



Kjol, very common name of a mountain ridge dividing valleys. Eoctingsjolers. 



Klemp, a round dome-formed mountain. Bredklenklempen. This term is very seldom used. 



hep, kleppe, large and wide, but not alp-formed mountain. Blaahaaklcp, Lennekleppen. 



Klct, common name, particularly at Osterdal, signifying high, precipitous mountain. So- 

 lenkletten, Blaakaakletten. 



Khib, Mump. Klub is mostly used in the names of mountains situated upon the coast, f:ig- 

 nifyuig cone-formed, but in the interior more rounding or dome-formed mountains. Kiol- 

 hougklubbeu, Staudaisklumpen, Kvitkjfemklubben. 



Knip, knippe, common in the stift of Drontheim, signifying mountain appearing to be in 

 many parts, or a bunch or cluster of mountain horns very close together. Gronsendknip- 

 pen, Nvsajlerknippen. 



Kolle, rounded or dome- formed mountain. Common term in all parts of the country. 



A^«/e, only used in the south of Norway. A round or dome-formed mountain. 



Kuv, in the interior signifying a mountain of considerable height, rising above others in the 

 vicinity and not alp-ibrmed ; upon the coast, a round rock. Storkuven. 



Kciting, light-colored high mountains, or sometimes when covered with snow. Gjonekvi- 

 tingen, Kvitingen, Kvitingskjolen. 



Nnas nase vos, steep, precipitous, but not pike-formed mountain. Nybunaaset, Maarsnaas, 

 Hermansuaasen. 



Nut, nad, kiiat, knap, common name of a flat, rounding mountain. Solenatten, Ilulediur- 

 natten. '' 



Nut, high, but not alp-formed mountain. This name does not appear in the south of Norway. 

 Baasnuten, Borgundnuteu. 



Pig, high and alp-formed mountain. Elgupiggen, Storhopiggen, Guslepiggen. 



Skaft, high mountain with extended base\ which, when seen from the side, tTppears as a very 

 gradual descent. Vegelskaflet. 



Skag, a term not always of the same signification. In the south it means a steep and high- 

 rising mountain ; in the north a mountain wall. Skaget. On the north coast it often de- 

 notes a nearly perpendicular mountain wall. Lappeskagen. Also, a low, naked, ex- 

 tended cape. Hrerueskagen. 



Skar, Skard, common in the whole country, signifying a mountain in which appears to be 

 a rift, or to be cloven, notched, or a narrow crevice. Dyrskardet, Gaakelskardet, Brud- 

 skardet, Skarifjeldene, Sa>lerskardet. 



Skarv, a high, naked mountain, often covered with loose masses of rock, common in the 

 southern amts of Norway. Hallingskarveu, Soskarven, Storskarven. 



Skavl, mountain with deep covering of snow. Vosseskavlen, Blaaskavleu. 



Skolt, pande, name of broad, steep-iising mountains with rounded top. 



Stol, mountain meadow. Haastolen. 



StOt, a steep mountain with flat top. Havsterstoten. This term only appears near the 

 Swedish boundary, and is believed to have been derived from the word Stotte, (mark.) 

 from the presumption that at some former times there have been boundary marks upon 

 these mountains. 



