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Ann an Eilean H貌dhaigh ann an Arcaibh tha 脿ite air a bheil Glens of Kinnaird. Tha e a鈥� coimhead G脿idhealach, nach eil? Ach a bheil e? Chan eil mi cinnteach. Thug an sgoilear 脵isdean Marwick s霉il air a鈥� ch霉is. Cha robh esan cinnteach.

听听听听听听听听听听听 Bha Marwick a鈥� smaoin-eachadh gun robh cuid de dh鈥檃inmean-脿ite ann an Arcaibh Ceilteach. Bha iad bho ch脿nan nan Cruithneach no bhon Gh脿idhlig. Tha cuid a鈥� smaoineachadh gun robh G脿idhlig aig na manaich a bha ann ro na Lochlannaich. Bha iad ann an 脿iteachan mar Papa Westray is Papa Stronsay. Tha papa a鈥� ciallachadh 鈥渕anach鈥�.

Tha grunn bhailtean-fearainn air a bheil Airy. Bha Marwick dhen bheachd gun t脿inig sin bhon fhacal Gh脿idhlig 脿irigh 鈥� a shieling. Chaidh am facal sin a-null do ch脿nan nan Lochlannach. Tha e a鈥� nochdadh anns an Lochlannais ann an Orkneyinga Saga.

听听听听听听听听听听听 Tha sin car annasach. Bha facal aig na Lochlannaich mu thr脿th airson 脿irigh 鈥� setr. Tha ainmean-脿ite ann an Le貌dhas a鈥� tighinn bho setr 鈥� leithid Siadair, Ungasiadair is Cairisiadair. Ach, a dh鈥檃indeoin sin, chaidh am facal G脿idhlig a-null do Lochlannais.

听听听听听听听听听听听 Ann an Eilean Shanndaigh 鈥� no Sanday 鈥� tha 脿ite ann air a bheil the Kirk and Kill o鈥� Howe. Is iad sin d脿 chnoc le ceud meatair eatarra. Bha 脵isdean Marwick dhen bheachd gum b鈥� e an Kill 鈥� cille ann an G脿idhlig. Bha e dhen bheachd gun robh eaglais ann ri linn nan Ceilteach. Th脿inig na Lochlannaich agus thog iad kirk no eaglais aca fh猫in. Bha sin p矛os beag air falbh bhon t-seann eaglais.

听听听听听听听听听听听 Tha feadhainn dhen bheachd gu bheil egil anns an ainm Egilsay 鈥� eilean eile ann an Arcaibh 鈥� a鈥� tighinn bho eaglais. Agus gu bheil Kili Holm, eilean beag d矛reach gu tuath air Egilsay, a鈥� ciallachadh eilean na cille.

On the island of Hoy in Orkney there is a place called Glens of Kinnaird. It looks G脿idhealach, doesn鈥檛 it? But is it? I鈥檓 not sure. The scholar Hugh Marwick looked at the matter. He wasn鈥檛 sure.

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听听 听听听听听Marwick thought that some of the place names in Orkney were Celtic. They were from the language of the Picts or from Gaelic. Some people think that the monks who were there before the Vikings spoke Gaelic. They were in places like Papa Westray and Papa Stronsay. Papa means 鈥渕onk鈥�.

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听听听听听听听 There are a few farms/fermtouns called Airy. Marwick thought that came from the Gaelic word 脿irigh 鈥� a shieling. That word went over to the Scandinavian tongue. It appears in the Norse in the Orkneyinga Saga.

听听听听听 听听That鈥檚 a little strange. The Norse already had a word for shieling 鈥� setr. Place-names in Lewis derive from setr 鈥� such as Shader, Ungeshader and Carishader. But, despite that, the Gaelic word became adopted into Norse.

听听听听听听听 On Sanday there is a place called the Kirk and Kill o鈥� Howe. They are two hills a hundred metres apart. Hugh Marwick was of the opinion that the Kill was cille in Gaelic. He thought that there was a church there in the time of the Celts. The Norsemen came and they built a kirk or church of their own. That was a little distance from the old church.

听听听听听听听 Some people think that egil in the name Egilsay 鈥� another island in Orkney 鈥� comes from eaglais. And that Kili Holm, a little island just to the north of Egilsay, means the island of the religious cell.

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