a high mountain or mountain range; _e.g._ Dovrefeld (the gloomy mountains); Donnersfeld (the mountain range of thunder or of Thor); Snafel, Iceland, and Sneefell, in the Isle of Man (snow mountain); Blaefell (blue mountain); Drachenfells (the dragon’s rock); Weissenfels (the white rock); Rothenfels (red rock); Scawfell (the mountain of the _scaw_ or promontory); Hartfell (of harts); Hestfell (of the steed); Lindenfels (of the linden-tree); Lichtenfels (the mountain of light), a Moravian settlement in Greenland; Fitful Head, corrupt. from _fitfioll_ (the hill with the promontory running into the sea), Old Norse _fit_--in Shetland; Falaise, in France, a promontory, derived from the Ger. _fell_; Fellentin (the fort, _dun_, on the rock), in France; Souter-fell, Cumberland; Saudfjeld, Norway; Saudafell, in Iceland (sheep hill), from Old Norse _sauder_, a sheep; perhaps Soutra Hill, in Mid-Lothian, may come from the same word; Criffel (the craggy rock), Dumfries; Felza, Felsbach (rocky stream), in France; Felsberg (rock fortress), in Germany; Goat-fell, in Arran, Gael. _Gaoth-ceann_ (the windy point), to which the Norsemen added their _fell_. [Sidenote: FENN (Ger.), VEN, or VEEN (Dutch), FEN (A.S.),] a marsh; _e.g._ the Fenns or marshy lands; Fen-ditton (the enclosed town on the marsh); Fenny-Stratford (the ford on the Roman road, _strat_, in the marshy land); Fenwick, Fenton, Finsbury (the town or enclosed place on the marsh); Venloo, in Belgium (the place in the marsh); Veenhof, Veenhusen (dwellings in the marsh); Houtveen (woody marsh); Diepenveen (deep marsh); Zutphen, in Holland (the south marsh); Ravenna, in Italy, called _Pludosa_ (the marshy). It was originally built in a lagoon, on stakes, like Venice; Venice, named from the _Veneti_, probably marsh dwellers; Vannes, in France, and La Vendée, may be from the same word, although others derive the names from _venna_ (a fisherman), others from _gwent_, Cel. (the fair plain); Finland (the land of marshes). The natives call themselves _Suomilius_, from _suoma_ (a marsh). _Fang_ in German and Dutch names, and _faing_ in French names, are sometimes used instead of fenn--as in Zeefang (lake marsh); Aalfang (eel marsh); Habechtsfang (hawk’s marsh); Faing-du-buisson, Dom-faing, etc., in the valleys of the Vosges. [Sidenote: FERN, or FARN (Teut.),] the fern; _e.g._ Ferndorf, Farndon, Farnham, Farnborough (dwellings among ferns); Farnhurst (fern thicket); Ferndale (fern valley); Farringdon (fern hill); Fernruit (a place cleared of ferns). [Sidenote: FERT, FERTA (Gadhelic),] a grave or trench; _e.g._ Farta, Ferta, and Fartha (_i.e._ the graves); Fertagh and Fartagh (the place of graves); Moyarta, in Clare, Irish _Magh-fherta_ (the field of the graves); Fortingall, in Perthshire, is supposed to have derived its name from this word, _Feart-na-gall_ (the grave of the strangers), having been the scene of many bloody battles. [Sidenote: LA FERTE,]