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Migvie

Miogbhaidh


Settlement

Location

Aberdeenshire

Aberdeenshire

AB34

NJ438067


English / Map Form: Migvie

Gaelic Form: Miogbhaidh


Post Town: ABOYNE

Postcode area: AB34

County: Aberdeenshire

Local Authority: Aberdeenshire

English / Map Form: Migvie

Gaelic Form: Miogbhaidh


Sources

migvi in Stratherrick is mìgəvi Diack MS2276

Migavie, Mĭkăvĭ Diack MS2276

“Migvie in Mar is ‘ecclesia Sancti Finnini de Miggeuth ’ c. 1160 (Ant. A. & B.), in the title ‘ Migaueth’; Miggeueth c. 1180, Migaueth c. 1210 (RPSA), etc.” Watson 1926, 375 [in discussion of mig- element]

“[‘migvi]. Stressed on Mig-. 1172, Miggeueth A2. 1362, Mygvethe A2. 1377, Mygweth A4. 1507, Mygvie A4. (In Gael. Migavie, mikavi. The original word would be miog-bhaidh, possibly middle road, from beith, a road. Migvie also occurs at Kirriemuir and Lochlee; Migvie in Stratherrick is in Gael. Migibhidh—D.)” Alexander, 333

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