An archaic or dialectal term for a fern-covered vale or valley.
Compound of 'fern' and 'gale' (an old English word for a valley or ravine). Common in place names in England and other European regions.
You can still find 'ferngale' in English place names and medieval poetry, where it evokes misty valleys cloaked in ancient ferns!
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