Fjeld
//fjɛld// noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 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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