English / Map Form: Bernisdale
Gaelic Form: Beàrnasdal
Location: Skye, Inner Hebrides
Post Town: PORTREE
County: Inverness-shire
Local Authority: Highland
Nearest Main Roads: A850
English / Map Form: Bernisdale
Gaelic Form: Beàrnasdal
Language Notes
ON Bjôrns-dalr : gen. sg of ON personal name Bjôrn, masc. + nom. sg. of ON dalr, masc. 'valley' = 'Bjôrn's valley'. The genitive form Bjôrns is a variant of the expected form Bjarnar.Element Meaning
G Bjôrn personal name; dalr valley
Sources
| Bernestal | 1776 Mackenzie: North part |
| Bernestal | 1804 Heather |
| Barnasdale | 1820 Thomson |
| Bernisdale, Bernisdal Bjorn’s dale or glen | Forbes 1923, 76 |
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