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Greshornish

Grìsinis

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Meaning

headland of the young pig


Location

Inverness-shire

Highland

NG334539


English / Map Form: Greshornish

Gaelic Form: Grìsinis


Location: Skye, Inner Hebrides

Post Town: ISLE OF SKYE

County: Inverness-shire

Local Authority: Highland

English / Map Form: Greshornish

Gaelic Form: Grìsinis


Genitive Form: Ghrìsinis

Language Notes

ON ?grísar-nes: gríss, masc. gen. sg. 'young pig' pig' + ON nom. sg nes, neut. ‘headland’orON stem form gríss-nes: gríss, masc. nom. sg. 'young pig' + ON nom. sg nes, neut. ‘headland’

Element Meaning

ON ?gríss ~ young pig; nes ~ headland

Sources

Gorsarmis 1549 Description of the Western Isles
Grisarnes 1654 Blaeu Map (Skye)
Grisornes 1720 Rental of MacLeods’s Estate
Grisernish 1804 Heather
Grisinnis from Norse for Grice-ness, Pig-Ness or Point Henderson 1910, 189
Grìsinis Iain Mac an Tàilleir (pers.comm.)
Grice or pig’s ness Forbes, 207

Additional Information

Old forms suggest a derivation from the gen. sg., whilst evidence from oral sources suggest a derivation from the stem form.

Also applied to Ceann Rathad Ghrìsinis ~ Greshornish Road End

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