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Loch Ussie

Loch Ùsaidh

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Location

Ross and Cromarty

Highland

NH504570


English / Map Form: Loch Ussie

Gaelic Form: Loch Ùsaidh


Location: Black Isle and Mid Ross

Post Town: STRATHPEFFER

County: Ross and Cromarty

Local Authority: Highland

English / Map Form: Loch Ussie

Gaelic Form: Loch Ùsaidh


Language Notes

G nom. sg. loch, masc. ‘loch’ + ùsaidh obscure element, probably P-Celtic

Element Meaning

G loch ~ loch; ùsaidh river-name

Sources

lacu de Usuy 1463 RMS ii no. 801
Ous 1476 RMS ii no. 1227
molendinum de Houssy 1565 iv RMS no. 1618
Litill et Mekill Usie 1583 RMS v no. 506
L. Owsie 1636-52 Gordon 21
Meikle-Usie et Litill-Usie 1633 Retours (Ross) no. 79
Loch Owsie c. 1620 Pont text 125v
terras de Ussie 1649 RMS ix no. 2140
Loch Eusy 1747-55 Roy
L. Ussie 1820 Thomson
Loch Usaidh TSR2
ùsaidh Watson 1904, 105
Ùsaidh Robertson Collection MS 357, 66

Additional Information

The Pont and Gordon forms would tend to corroborate Watson and Robertson’s form with the long [u].

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