Ellishader
Eiliseadar
Meaning
dwelling of the stone or rock
Location
Inverness-shire
Highland
NG502654
English / Map Form: Ellishader
Gaelic Form: Eiliseadar
Location: Skye, Inner Hebrides
Post Town: PORTREE
County: Inverness-shire
Local Authority: Highland
Nearest Main Roads: A855
English / Map Form: Ellishader
Gaelic Form: Eiliseadar
Language Notes
Possibly ON *ǫl or *œl, or ail, ‘rock, stone’ + sóetr, neut. ‘dwelling’ = ‘dwelling of the stone or rock’.Element Meaning
ON *ǫl or *œl ~ rock, stone; sóetr ~ dwelling
Sources
| Elishader, Elishadder | Forbes, 185 |
| [,eli’ʃatəɾ] | local source, Sòdhaigh |
Additional Information
See Cox 1990, 108 no. 41 for more discussion of this term and its derivation.