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Middle Hick Lexicon — Landscape Terms

Entries in the Landscape Terms semantic field.

bekwud /bek.wud/
beech forest (noun) [Wood Terms, Landscape Terms]
Hegfell /heg.fel/
high mountain (lexinfo:ProperNoun) [Place Names, Landscape Terms, Borrowings]
Old Iutlandish *hog-fell
Northeastern inland place name meaning high mountain; shows /o/ to /e/ vowel adaptation.
hel /hel/
hill, slope (noun) [Landscape Terms, Borrowings]
Old Iutlandish *haell
Landscape borrowing.
helward /hel.ward/
mountain trail (noun) [Landscape Terms, Path Terms]
Langdal /laŋ.dal/
long valley (lexinfo:ProperNoun) [Place Names, Landscape Terms, Borrowings]
Iutlandish *lang-dal
Northeastern inland place name meaning long valley; unchanged because it fits Middle Hick phonology.
mel /mel/
sand, gravel (noun) [Landscape Terms, Borrowings]
Old Iutlandish *mel
Landscape borrowing.
melskel /mel.skel/
beached vessel (noun) [Nautical Terms, Landscape Terms]
mur /mur/
wall, barrier (noun) [Landscape Terms, Architecture, Borrowings]
Old Iutlandish *mur
Landscape and fortification borrowing.
murwud /mur.wud/
defensive tree line (noun) [Landscape Terms, Architecture]
serand /se.rand/
beach, strand (noun) [Maritime Terms, Landscape Terms, Borrowings]
Old Iutlandish *strand
Beach term with onset simplification and vowel repair.
Storskog /stor.skog/
great forest (lexinfo:ProperNoun) [Place Names, Landscape Terms]
Iutlandish *stor-skog
Northeastern inland place name, source of Modern Seneran Storskey.
wud /wud/
forest, timber (noun) [Wood Terms, Landscape Terms, Borrowings]
Old Iutlandish *wood
Borrowed term with /w/ preserved in Middle Hick loans.
wudward /wud.ward/
forest path (noun) [Wood Terms, Path Terms, Landscape Terms]