Scottish Land-names: Their Origin and MeaningW. Blackwood & Sons, 1894 - 219 páginas |
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... East Lothian , so well known to golfers , is the Gaelic guallan , a shoulder , descriptive of the side of a headland ; and the Braid Hills , near Edinburgh , are named from braghad ( braad ) , the breast , in the sense of upland . The ...
... East Lothian , so well known to golfers , is the Gaelic guallan , a shoulder , descriptive of the side of a headland ; and the Braid Hills , near Edinburgh , are named from braghad ( braad ) , the breast , in the sense of upland . The ...
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... East Lothian , and Fife . Christian missionaries , of course , introduced a number of Latin ecclesiastical terms , which became part of the Gaelic or Welsh languages , such as Gaelic eaglais , Welsh eglwys , from ecclesia , a church ...
... East Lothian , and Fife . Christian missionaries , of course , introduced a number of Latin ecclesiastical terms , which became part of the Gaelic or Welsh languages , such as Gaelic eaglais , Welsh eglwys , from ecclesia , a church ...
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... East Lothian , nor does it occur in the Isle of Man ; hence it may be supposed to be Norse rather than Danish , for it is exceedingly common in the northern isles , where it takes most perplexing forms . In Shetland it appears singly as ...
... East Lothian , nor does it occur in the Isle of Man ; hence it may be supposed to be Norse rather than Danish , for it is exceedingly common in the northern isles , where it takes most perplexing forms . In Shetland it appears singly as ...
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... East Lothian are prob- ably named from men called Ulf - Ulfr bólstaðr , Ulf's farm . Cu , a dog , gen . con , enters freely into place - names , The dog . but it was also a favourite name among men . Thus Loch Conn in Perthshire ...
... East Lothian are prob- ably named from men called Ulf - Ulfr bólstaðr , Ulf's farm . Cu , a dog , gen . con , enters freely into place - names , The dog . but it was also a favourite name among men . Thus Loch Conn in Perthshire ...
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... Lothians , it has not prevailed to extirpate this word , most characteristic of Gaelic topography . Drum may be found ... East Lothian , and Drummòre at Mussel- burgh . The last - mentioned name , sometimes written Dromore , is very ...
... Lothians , it has not prevailed to extirpate this word , most characteristic of Gaelic topography . Drum may be found ... East Lothian , and Drummòre at Mussel- burgh . The last - mentioned name , sometimes written Dromore , is very ...
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