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.