fjeld (fyeld)

[Norw.: see fell5.] In Norwegian geography, as used by English writers, one of the high plateaus on the Scand in avian range, which are barren and unfit for cultivation. Often spelled field. The tranquil sheet of water is completely encircled by the endle forest, only here and there above the dark ma of pines rises the paler edge of the open fjeld . Fortnightly Rev., N. S., XLIII. 87.