English / Map Form: Glendale
Gaelic Form: Gleann Dail
Location: Skye, Inner Hebrides
Post Town: ISLE OF SKYE
County: Inverness-shire
Local Authority: Highland
Nearest Main Roads: B884
English / Map Form: Glendale
Gaelic Form: Gleann Dail
Language Notes
G nom. sg. gleann, masc. ‘glen’ + gen. sg. slenderised form of ON dalr, masc. ‘valley’ (treated here as a Gaelic word) = pleonastic ‘glen of Dalr’Element Meaning
G gleann ~ glen, valley; ON dalr ~ valley
Sources
| Glendall | 1541 RMS iii no. 2297 |
| Glendall | 1654 Blaeu Map (Skye) |
| Gleann-Dail, Gleandale, Gleanndail | Forbes, 202 |
| Gleann dail | Mackenzie 1931, 38 |
| Gleann Dail | Watson 1926, 415 |
| Gleann Dail | Sorley Maclean, An t-Eilean |
Additional Information
In South Uist North Glendale is Ceann a Tuath Ghlinn Dail and South Glendale is Ceann a Deas Ghlinn Dail.