Gairloch in North-West Ross-Shire: Its Records, Traditions, Inhabitants, and Natural History, with a Guide to Gairloch and Loch Maree, and a Map and IllustrationsDixon, John H. (John Henry)
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Gairloch in North-West Ross-Shire: Its Records, Traditions, Inhabitants, and Natural History, with a Guide to Gairloch and Loch Maree, and a Map and Illustrations
Dixon, John H. (John Henry)
Gairloch (Scotland) -- Guidebooks; Gairloch (Scotland) -- History; Ross and Cromarty (Scotland) -- History
_Meall na Cluibha_ (meyoul na clua), Hill of Clu (_Anglicè_
Cliff hill). _Clu_ may be connected with _cluain_, good
pastures.
_Meall na Glaice Daraich_ (meyoul na glarker darroch), Hill
of the oak dell. _Glac_, a dell; _darach_, oak.
_Meall nam Meallan_ (meyoul namellan), Hill of the hills.
_Meallan_, plural of _Meall_, hills.
_Meall Mheannidh_, or _Meadhonach_, more correctly the
latter (meyoul vahanny, or meyharnoch), The middle hill.
_Meall_, hill; _meadhonach_, intermediate.
_Meallan Chuaich_ (mellan chuaich), Little hill of the cup,
or quaich. Compare _quaff_.
_Meallan na Ghamhna_ (mellan a gowna), Stirk hill.
_Meallan_, a little hill, _gamhainn_, a stirk.
_Meallan Thearlaich_ (mellan harelich), Little hill of
Charles. _Tearlach_, Charles; _meallan_, diminutive of
_meall_. _Anglicè_, Mellon Charles.
_Mellon Charles._ See _Meallan Thearlaich_.
_Mellon Udrigil_ (mellon oodrigil), Hill of Udrigil, which
see.
_Melvaig_ (melvik). Probably Norse; or may be from _meal_
and _beag_, making _Mealbheag_ (meyoul vek), the little
hill. In Gaelic it is spelt _Mealabhaig_, which favours the
Norse origin. _Aig_, old Danish for a little bay. _Melvaig_
used to be spelt _Malefage_, _Mailfog_, _Melvag_.
_Midton_, for Middletown. An English word. See _Ballymeon_.
_Mioll._ Corruption of _Meall_.
_Moladh Mairi_ (molloch marrie), Praise of Mary. _Moladh_,
praise; _Mairi_, Mary.
_Mor_ (more, or mohr), great, or big.
_Mor Ban_ (moore barn), Fair Sarah. _Mor_, Sarah; _ban_,
white, fair.
_Mullach Coire Mhic Fhearchair_ (mulloch corrie vik
erraquhar), Summit of the corrie of Farquhar's son.
_Mulloch_, summit; _coire_, corrie; _Mhic_, of the son of;
_Fhearchair_, possessive of Farquhar.
_Murchadh Mac Mhurchaidh_ (muroochuch mak muroochie), Murdo,
son of Murdo. _Murchadh_, Murdo; possessive _Murchaidh_.
_Murchadh Riabhach na cuirce_ (muroochuch reeoach na kurke),
Brindled Murdo of the bowieknife. _Murchadh_, Murdo;
_riabhach_, brindled; _cuirce_, possessive of _corc_, a
knife like a bowieknife (a knife that does not shut).
_Murdo Mc Conill varchue vic Conill vic Allister._ Old
(almost phonetic) way of writing the Gaelic for "Murdo the
son of Donald Murdo, the son of Donald, the son of
Alastair." _Conill_ seems to represent _Dhomhnuill_ (the
initial "c" belongs to the preceding word), and _varchue_ is
for _Mhurchaidh_, the possessive cases respectively of
_Domhnuill_ and _Murchadh_. _Vic_, of course, is for _Mhic_,
of the son of.
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