Fjeld

//fjɛld// noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A rocky, barren plateau, especially in Scandinavia.

    "Almost every Norwegian farmer possesses some pasture-land high up in the fjeld, sometimes as much as twenty or thirty miles distant from his homestead."

Example

More examples

"Almost every Norwegian farmer possesses some pasture-land high up in the fjeld, sometimes as much as twenty or thirty miles distant from his homestead."

Etymology

Borrowed from Danish fjeld. Doublet of fell.

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