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Bha mi ann an Innis T矛le o chionn ghoirid. Chunnaic mi ainmean-脿ite inntinneach. Chuir iad ainmean-脿ite ann an Alba nam cheann. Mar eisimpleir, am pr矛omh bhaile, Reykjavik. Bidh sibh e貌lach air an fhacal ann an Albais agus sa Bheurla Shasannaich 鈥� reek. 鈥橲 e Auld Reekie a bh鈥� air D霉n 脠ideann mar frith-ainm. Tha Reykja-v铆k a鈥� ciallach-adh 鈥� 鈥渞eeky bay鈥� no 鈥渂脿gh na toite鈥�. Tha grunn 脿iteachan ann an Innis T矛le le reykja- anns an ainm. Sin 脿iteachan far a bheil toit ag 猫irigh 脿s an talamh.

聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 Tha mi a鈥� dol a dh鈥檌nnse dhuibh ainmean-脿ite 脿 Innis T矛le. Cuiridh mi geall gun tuig sibh feadhainn aca. An toiseach Barnafoss. Barnafoss. Tha sin a鈥� ciallachadh fors no eas na cloinne, the waterfall of the bairns. Barnafoss. Tha st貌iridh ann gun do thuit dithis bhalach dom b脿s anns an eas.

聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 Seo fear eile 鈥� 叠濒谩蹿别濒濒. 叠濒谩蹿别濒濒. Smaoinichibh air Bl脿bheinn anns an Eilean Sgitheanach. Tha sin leth-Lochlannach is leth-Gh脿idhlig. Beinn ghorm, blue mountain, 叠濒谩蹿别濒濒.

Agus 叠谤别颈冒补惫铆办. 叠谤别颈冒补惫铆办. Mar Br猫ibhig ann an Le貌dhas. Bagh leathann, broad bay, 叠谤别颈冒补惫铆办.

Agus tha baile 顿箩煤辫补惫铆办 ann an Innis T矛le. 鈥橲 e an aon ainm a bha an toiseach air Diabaig, baile beag ann an Toirbheartan. B脿gh domhainn, deep bay, 顿箩煤辫补惫铆办. Agus 贵濒箩贸迟 鈥� abhainn mh貌r. Tha sin c脿irdeach don Bheurla flood. Tha e againn air a鈥� Gh脿idhealtachd aig Loch Fle貌id air Machair Chat.

聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 Agus d猫 a鈥� Gh脿idhlig air pike? Tha mi a鈥� ciallachadh an 猫isg. Geadas. Tha tr矛 脿iteachan ann an Alba air a bheil Loch no Lochan nan Geadas. Th脿inig am facal bhon t-Seann Lochlannais gedda. Tha d脿 loch ann an Innis T矛le air a bheil Gedduvatn 鈥� loch nan geadas.

I was in Iceland recently. I saw interesting place-names. They reminded me of place-names in Scotland. For example, the capital city, Reykjavik. You鈥檒l know the word in Scots and English 鈥� reek. Edinburgh had the nickname Auld Reekie. 搁别测办箩补-惫铆办 means 鈥渞eeky bay鈥� or 鈥渟moky bay鈥�. There are several places in Iceland with reykja- in the name. Those are places where smoke rises from the ground.

聽聽聽聽聽聽 I鈥檓 going to tell you place-names from Iceland. I bet you鈥檒l understand some of them. Firstly, Barnafoss. Barnafoss. That means 鈥渢he waterfall of the bairns鈥�. Barnafoss. There is a story that two lads fell into the waterfall.

聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 Here is another one 鈥� 叠濒谩蹿别濒濒. 叠濒谩蹿别濒濒. Think of Blaven on Skye. That鈥檚 half Norse and half Gaelic. Blue mountain, 叠濒谩蹿别濒濒.

聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 And 叠谤别颈冒补惫铆办. 叠谤别颈冒补惫铆办. Like Brevig in Lewis. Broad bay, 叠谤别颈冒补惫铆办.

聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 And there is the village of 顿箩煤辫补惫铆办 in Iceland. It鈥檚 the orig-inal name of Diabaig, a village in Torridon. Deep bay, 顿箩煤辫补惫铆办. And 贵濒箩贸迟 鈥� big river. That鈥檚 related to the English flood. We have it in the Highlands at Loch Fleet on the coastal plain of East Sutherland.

聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 And what鈥檚 the Gaelic for pike? I mean the fish. Geadas. There are three places in Scotland called Loch or Lochan nan Geadas. The word came from the Old Norse gedda. There are two lochs in Iceland called Gedduvatn 鈥� the loch of the pike.