English / Map Form: Eabost
Gaelic Form: Eidheabost
Location: Skye, Inner Hebrides
Post Town: ISLE OF SKYE
County: Inverness-shire
Local Authority: Highland
Nearest Main Roads: A863
English / Map Form: Eabost
Gaelic Form: Eidheabost
Language Notes
Perhaps ON eiða-bólstaðr: gen. sg. ON eið, neut. ‘isthmus’ + ON bólstaðr, masc. ‘farm’.Element Meaning
ON eið ~ isthmus; ON bólstaðr ~ farm
Sources
| Eabost | 1820 Thomson |
| Eabost, Ebost, Ebozt, Eidh, isthmus | Forbes, 178 |
| [,εə’bost] | local source, Sgianaidean |
| (?)[‘εː-ə,bɔst] | Cox |
Additional Information
Gammeltoft, 113 repeats Forbes’ assertion but states that this is diffcult to ascertain. The dh- has been used here as opposed to -th- to more closely reflect the original ON word. Cleasby & Vigfusson show both eiðs- and eiða- as the genitive first element in place-names.
Applied to: Eabost West ~ Eidheabost an Iar; Eabost East ~ Eidheabost an Ear