English / Map Form: Skeabost
Gaelic Form: Sgeitheabost
Location: Skye, Inner Hebrides
Post Town: PORTREE
Postcode area: IV51
County: Inverness-shire
Local Authority: Highland
Nearest Main Roads: A850
English / Map Form: Skeabost
Gaelic Form: Sgeitheabost
Language Notes
Obscure element + ON nom. sg. bólstaðr, masc. ‘farm’.Element Meaning
ON obscure element; ON bólstaðr ~ farm
Sources
| Skabost | 1820 Thomson |
| Skaebost = Sgèubost* | Dwelly 1912 |
| Sgèabost | Robertson |
| Skeabost, Sgiathbost: the sheltered house, | Forbes, 331 |
| [ˈskʲεəˌbost] | local source, Sgianaidean |
| ? [ˈskʲe:-əˌbɔst] | Cox ( local source) |
Additional Information
Gammeltoft, 149 suggests a possible stream-name for the initial element, but concludes that the interpretation ‘must remain open’.
“sgiath portion of land projecting into the sea, also shelter, protection or Skidhi peronal name or sjà-r the sea”: Forbes 131
