English / Map Form: Grealin
Gaelic Form: Grialainn
Location: Skye, Inner Hebrides
Post Town: PORTREE
County: Inverness-shire
Local Authority: Highland
Nearest Main Roads: A885
English / Map Form: Grealin
Gaelic Form: Grialainn
Language Notes
Element Meaning
Sources
| Growlin | 1627 Retours (Inverness) no. 47 |
| Grouling | 1695 Retours (Inverness) no. 118 |
| Grealin, Greaulin – not known, there is a word greollan a cricket (insect) | Forbes, 206 |
| Grèalainn or Greallainn. Norse – meaning unclear | Mac an Tàilleir |
| Grialainn [‘griɑLiNʲ ] | Cox, local source |
Additional Information
An obscure name. Gordon 1963, 86 suggests a derivation from ON grænn völl, ‘green field’, with metathesis of [n] and [L].
