Scottish Land-names: Their Origin and MeaningW. Blackwood & Sons, 1894 - 219 páginas |
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... notes , led his readers to believe that the headland was called Wraith Hotherwise . In studying place - names , in order to obtain a true Exaggera- picture of the state of the land which they describe , tion . Ambiguous meanings . one ...
... notes , led his readers to believe that the headland was called Wraith Hotherwise . In studying place - names , in order to obtain a true Exaggera- picture of the state of the land which they describe , tion . Ambiguous meanings . one ...
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... note of interrogation in brackets . I can best illustrate this by an example from Irish topography . There is a townland near Ennis called Clonroad , and no objection could have been taken to explaining it as cluain ród , the meadow by ...
... note of interrogation in brackets . I can best illustrate this by an example from Irish topography . There is a townland near Ennis called Clonroad , and no objection could have been taken to explaining it as cluain ród , the meadow by ...
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... If these gross blunders have been suffered to corrupt three of the best - known names in Scotland , how many may be as yet undetected among names of lesser note . Pictish . 54 LECTURE III . THE LANGUAGES OF SCOTTISH Their Languages . 53.
... If these gross blunders have been suffered to corrupt three of the best - known names in Scotland , how many may be as yet undetected among names of lesser note . Pictish . 54 LECTURE III . THE LANGUAGES OF SCOTTISH Their Languages . 53.
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... notes this use of the word in Ireland , where it gives such hill - names as Bohilbreaga— buachaill bregach , mock or deceptive boy - to hills in Antrim , Down , and Limerick . Some of the places called Bowhill in Scotland may be a ...
... notes this use of the word in Ireland , where it gives such hill - names as Bohilbreaga— buachaill bregach , mock or deceptive boy - to hills in Antrim , Down , and Limerick . Some of the places called Bowhill in Scotland may be a ...
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... note 14 85 163 Ruthwell ( pron . Rivvel ) -A.S . róde well , rood or cross well . 39 St Enoch's - M.E . St Thenew's or Theneuke's , mother of St Kentigern 175 Sàlachan - G . saileachean , the willows 112 Salachry G. saileachreach , a ...
... note 14 85 163 Ruthwell ( pron . Rivvel ) -A.S . róde well , rood or cross well . 39 St Enoch's - M.E . St Thenew's or Theneuke's , mother of St Kentigern 175 Sàlachan - G . saileachean , the willows 112 Salachry G. saileachreach , a ...
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