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Heribusta

Hearbusta

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Meaning

?higher farm


Location

Inverness-shire

Highland

NG401709


English / Map Form: Heribusta

Gaelic Form: Hearbusta


Location: Skye, Inner Hebrides

Post Town: PORTREE

County: Inverness-shire

Local Authority: Highland

Nearest Main Roads: A855

English / Map Form: Heribusta

Gaelic Form: Hearbusta


Language Notes

Perhaps hærri-bústaðr or hærri-búlstaðr: comp. adj. of ON hár, ‘high’ + bústaðr, masc. ‘farm’ or bólstaðr masc. ‘farm’ = ‘higher farm’

Element Meaning

Possibly ON hár ~ high; bústaðr or bólstaðr ~ farm

Sources

Heribost, Heribusta, Lord’s dwelling: Harri and bust Forbes, 214
Hearathabost Robertson
Heribost (Skye), Heireabost.

Additional Information

The derivation for the first element was suggested by Gammeltoft 2001, 122. Cox 1994, 46 states the second element represents bústaðr, ‘farm’, whilst Gammeltoft claims a derivation from bólstaðr, ‘farm’. Hearabusta differs from the OS form, Heribusta, and both are separate from Hearabost.

Alternative Forms

 Heribost

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