Geographical etymology: a dictionary of place-names giving their derivationsBlackie, Christina
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Geographical etymology: a dictionary of place-names giving their derivations
Blackie, Christina
Names, Geographical
[Sidenote: BUDA, BUS (Sclav.),
BWTH, BOTH (Gadhelic),
BOD (Cym.-Cel.),
BUDE (Ger.),
BOTHY (Scotch),
BOT (Brez.),]
a hut or dwelling; _e.g._ Budin, Budzin, Bautzen, or Budissen (the
huts); Budweis (the district of hut villages), in Bohemia; Budzow,
Botzen (the place of huts); Briebus (birch-tree dwelling); Trebus and
Triebus (the three dwellings); Putbus (under the hut); Dobberbus (good
dwelling, _dobry_, good); but Buda, in Hungary, took its name from
Buda, the brother of Attila, as well as Bud-var and Bud-falva (Buda’s
fort and village). The island of Bute, in the Firth of Clyde, is said
to have derived its name from the _bwth_ or cell of St. Brandon, but
its earlier name was Rothsay, from a descendant of Simon Brek (_i.e._
Rother’s Isle), while its Gaelic name is _Baile-Mhoide_ (the dwelling
of the court of justice); Bothwell, anc. _Both-uill_ (the dwelling on
the angle of the R. Clyde). In Ireland we meet with Shanboe, Shanbogh
(the old hut, _sean_); Raphae, in Donegal, is _Rath-both_ (the fort
of the huts); Bodoney, in Tyrone, is _Both-domhnaigh_ (the tent of
the church); Knockboha (the hill of the hut); Bodmin, in Cornwall,
anc. _Bodmanna_, p. 27 (the abode of monks, the site of an ancient
priory); Merfod, corrupt. from _Meudwy-bod_ (the dwelling of a hermit);
Bodysgallen (the abode of the thistle, _ysgallen_); and Bod-Ederyryn
(Edryn’s dwelling). In Lancashire the word takes the form of _booth_,
as in Barrowford booth and Oakenhead booth, etc.
[Sidenote: BÜHIL, BÜCKEL (Ger.),]
a hill; _e.g._ Dombühil (the dwelling on the hill); Grünbühill (green
hill); Eichenbühil (oak hill); Birchenbühil (birch hill); Holzbühil
(wood hill); Dinkelsbühil (wheat hill); Kleinbühil (little hill).
[Sidenote: BÜHNE, BÖHEN (Ger.),]
a scaffold, sometimes in topography a hill; _e.g._ Hartböhen (wood
hill); Bündorf (hill village); Osterbeuna (east hill).
[Sidenote: BUN (Gadhelic),]
the foot, in topography applied to the mouth of a river; e.g. Bunduff
(at the mouth of the dark river, _dubh_); Bunderan and Bunratty, the
mouth of the R. Dowran and Ratty; Bunowen (at the mouth of the water).
The town of Banff is a corrupt. of _Bunaimh_ (the mouth of the river);
Bunawe (at the opening of Loch Awe); Buness (of the cascade, _cas_).
[Sidenote: BURG, BURGH (Teut.),
BOROUGH, BURY, BORG (Scand.),
BOURG (Fr.),
BORGO (It. and Span.),]
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