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Birnam

Braonan


Location

Perthshire

Perth and Kinross

NO035417


English / Map Form: Birnam

Gaelic Form: Braonan


County: Perthshire

Local Authority: Perth and Kinross

English / Map Form: Birnam

Gaelic Form: Braonan


Language Notes

 

Element Meaning

 

Sources

Bior-annam, no Bior-shnaim sound. Bior’naim 1820 MacIntyre
it is Bior’n-aom, the sharp top of the said slope Proceedings of the Perth Gaelic Society 1884-85, p11 [some other names unreliable here]
Braonan Watson 2001 (1913), 128-9
Bhiornam [gen.], Coille Bhiornaim An Ròsarnach, iii. 25, 1921

Additional Information

The final -m seems intrusive and to be derived from Shakespeare. Hollingshead, from which Shakespeare derived his work, has forms as both Birnam and Birnan. Shakespeare seems to have taken the Birnam form only, which has standardised the name. The Gaelic forms ending in -m seem to be derived from the English form. Although Watson’s Braonan form is not conclusive, this has been proposed given it is already on the sign rail sign.

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