English / Map Form: Tweedbank
Gaelic Form: Bruach Thuaidh
Location: Galashiels
Post Town: GALASHIELS
Postcode area: TD1
County: -- Select a county --
Local Authority: Scottish Borders
English / Map Form: Tweedbank
Gaelic Form: Bruach Thuaidh
Language Notes
Element Meaning
Sources
| Tuaid | 1807, Macpherson,Poems of Ossian,, vol 1, 246 |
| Abhainn Tuaid | Cruinne Eolas 1919 An Deo-Ghreine |
| uisge Thumaid | Dugald Gordon MacDougall, Bràiste Lathurna110 |
| uisge thuaid | William Ross |
| Tuaidh | Watson in Dwelly |
| Tuaidh | Watson, Ainmean na h-Alba |
| Tuaidh, Abhainn | Rosg Gàidhlig Watson |
| Eadar Arcamh is Tuaid | Orain le Iain Lom Mac-Dhomhnaill1895, 80 |
River-name Tweed, Watson’s Tuaidh in Dwelly seems to be a reconstruction from the English, based perhaps on the forms Clyde ~ Cluaidh. Even so, the original form for Tuaid was likely invented by MacPherson.
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