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Ellishader

Eiliseadar

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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.

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