Thanks, Andrew :-)
Chris
On 3 Mar 2008, at 09:43, Andrew Fildes wrote:
>
> Tarn, from Old Norse tarnu - many modern Scandanavian cognates.
> 'Small mountain lake laking tributaries'. (Shorter Oxford).
> Definitely not a pond. I always thought of it as a small glacial lake
> but the term has spread to sundry mountain zones such as the
> Australian Alps. Ther's a couple on the slopes between Mt. Buggery
> and Mt. Disappointment.
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