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had been borrowed into Middle English by the twelfth century, it is not possible to determine whether or not the name was coined by Scandinavian speakers. There have been a number of proposals for the etymology of the first element. The name is recorded as
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W. J. W. (1932). " The Place-Names of Galloway: Their Origin and Meaning Considered by Herbert Maxwell; Scottish Place-Names by W. C. MacKenzie; Place-Names of Glengarry and Glenquoich and Their Associations by Edward C. Ellice".
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on a clear day. It is surrounded by a host of satellites, including Long Fell, Maidenpap and Bainloch Hill. The slopes of Criffel feature the upland vegetation of heather, bog cotton and blaeberry and are inhabited by
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in 1330; it is not clear if this refers to the same source.) In 1892 Johnston proposed
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is a hill in the historical county of Kirkcudbrightshire,
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but adds that the first element is 'doubtful'. In 1930
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on the grounds that it would develop into a form like
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Elevation
Prominence
Coordinates
54°56′24″N 3°37′47″W / 54.93992°N 3.62961°W / 54.93992; -3.62961
Dumfries and Galloway
Scotland
Parent range
Southern Uplands
OS grid
NX957618
Topo map
OS
Dumfries and Galloway
Scotland
prominence
Lake District
skylarks

Triangulation station
Older Scots
Northern Middle English
Old Norse
Gaelic
Icelandic
Maxwell
William J. Watson
Geoffery Barrow
deanery
Nith

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