The Great And Little Ormes

[poliphilo]

Llandudno lies between two rocky headlands- the Great Orme and the Litlle Orme. Here's the great Orme.



And here's the Little Orme.



And here's The Little Orme again, shot from the Great Orme. Yes I climbed to the top and it's very steep and my legs are killing me. 



Looks like a great serpent sliding out to sea, doesn't it? I've got it into my head that the word "orme" is related to the old English "wurm" meaning serpent or dragon- but I can't find any  conformation.

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[poliphilo.livejournal.com]

Thank you. Le Guin, of course! I knew I'd stumbled across it somewhere.

So did the Vikings settle on the North Wales coast? They went most everywhere else, so why not? But it's odd to find these Scandanavian names in this very Celtic part of the world.