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Eabost

Eidheabost

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Meaning

isthmus farm


Location

Inverness-shire

Highland

NG320391


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

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