Genitive Form: Rosail

Language Notes

Element Meaning

Sources

Rossoll 1529 Sutherland Charters 81
Rosall 1566 Sutherland Charters 103
Rossol 1654 Blaeu Map Southerlandia

“..Rossal is for [Norse] hross-völlr, ‘horse field’ its grass is still regarded as hurtful to cattle but not to horses’ Watson 2002 (1930) 235

Hross-vollr, ‘’horse-field’’, Rosswell in 1553
O.G. Ros, promontory, and ail, rock, MacKay 1896, 187

Additional Information

There are three sites with this name, Rosal in Strathnaver, Rossal in Rogart and Rosehall. This is ON hross-vollr, ‘horse field’ or maybe fjall, ‘hill’.

This is a hill, by Beinn Rosail and Loch Rosail

Rosal Township ~ Baile Rosail

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