English / Map Form: Orbost
Gaelic Form: Òrbost
Location: Skye, Inner Hebrides
Post Town: ISLE OF SKYE
Postcode area: IV55
County: Inverness-shire
Local Authority: Highland
Nearest Main Roads: B884
English / Map Form: Orbost
Gaelic Form: Òrbost
Language Notes
Perhaps ON ár-bólstaðr: gen. sg. of ON á fem. ‘stream’ + nom. sg. bólstaðr, masc. ‘farm’ ? therefore the farm of/at the stream?Element Meaning
?ON á ~ stream; bólstaðr ~ farm
Sources
| Orbost | 1820 Thomson |
| Orbost Orris-bolstadr | Forbes, 270 |
Additional Information
This derivation follows that given in Gammeltoft 2001, 141 which itself comes from Stewart 1987, 55.