64 TEESDALE PLACE-NAMES. 



disterminant. Isl. fjall, Al. felis, rupes ; Ger. feh, id. Ad fami- 

 liam hujus vocis pertinere videtur Hesychianum (fidXai, quod 

 interpretatur opot et a-KOTriai montes et speculse, necnon Suidse. 

 tfte.Wei's h. e. tottoi TrcTpojSet?, loca montana. Jam antea ad vocem 

 herg indicavimus, veri nobis videri sim.i\e, Jiall a fela, fjcda nomen 

 accepisse quiim receptacula fuerint hominum, et a natura con- 

 cessa prsesidia adversus vim et quoslibet insultus. Martinius 

 Germ. /e/s derivat a ^aXos, eminens." Ihre. 



(f>dXaL is not in ' Liddell and Scott ' ; there is (jidXos, shining, 

 white, and cjieXXevs, stony ground. 



Examples: — 



Backside Fell — Icel. fjalla-hahhi. 



Burton F. — from hurh, A.-S., a fort, and tun, house. 



Dufton r. — fell of Dufton, the village. 

 . Fell Dykes — stone walls of the fell. 



Green F. — ? from its colour. 



Harter F. -^compare with Carter Fell, Northumberland. 



Herdship F. — ? where sheep are herded. 



High Cringle 'F. — crinUe, full of bends and turns. Skeat. 



High Scald F. — of the scald or bard. Scandinavian. 



Hill Beck High F. — pleonasm. 

 ' Hilton F.— of the hill town. 



Holwick F. — of the low-lying village, 



Kelton F. — keld, spring, fountain, and tiin. 



Knock F. — of the round hill. 



Langdon F. — of the long hill. 



Little F, and Long F. 



Mell F.— middle fell. 



Mickle F.— great fell. 



Murton F. — ? moor tun fell. 



Musgrave F. — belonging to a Musgrave. 



Roman F. — station, or fortress. 



"Warcop F. — loeare, a weir, and cop, hill, enclosed hill, or 

 signal hill fell. 



Widdybank F. — properly Windybank Fell, 



