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fjeld

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fjeld  (fyld)
n.
A high barren plateau in the Scandinavian countries.
[Danish, from Old Norse fjall.]
fjeld, field [fjɛld]
n
(Earth Sciences / Physical Geography) a high rocky plateau with little vegetation in Scandinavian countries
[Norwegian; related to Old Norse fjall mountain; see fell5]
fjeld  (fyld)
A high, barren plateau. The most well-known fjeld is on the Scandinavian Peninsula.
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One can form some idea of the altitude of this barrier of ice when it is mentioned that from Hofdabrekka farm, which lies high up on a fjeld, one could not see Hjorleifshofdi opposite, which is a fell six hundred and forty feet in height; but in order to do so had to clamber up a mountain slope east of Hofdabrekka twelve hundred feet high.
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