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Middle Hick Lexicon — Place Names

Entries in the Place Names semantic field.

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.
hvalbek /hval.bek/
whale stream (lexinfo:ProperNoun) [Place Names, Water Features]
Iutlandish *hval-bekk
Northeastern place-name element meaning whale stream.
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.
selholm /sel.holm/
seal island (lexinfo:ProperNoun) [Place Names, Maritime Terms]
Iutlandish *sel-holm
Northeastern place-name element meaning seal island.
skipvik /skip.vik/
ship bay (lexinfo:ProperNoun) [Place Names, Maritime Terms]
Iutlandish *skip-vik
Northeastern place-name element meaning ship bay.
Storskog /stor.skog/
great forest (lexinfo:ProperNoun) [Place Names, Landscape Terms]
Iutlandish *stor-skog
Northeastern inland place name, source of Modern Seneran Storskey.