Scottish Land-names: Their Origin and MeaningW. Blackwood & Sons, 1894 - 219 sider |
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... become thoroughly literary , the pro- cess of change , though greatly retarded , still goes In English , for example , the changing shades of meaning in popular intensives , such as " awful , " " blooming , " " tremendous , " & c ...
... become thoroughly literary , the pro- cess of change , though greatly retarded , still goes In English , for example , the changing shades of meaning in popular intensives , such as " awful , " " blooming , " " tremendous , " & c ...
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... become tyrannical masters . Exactness in spelling is a modern refinement ; nothing is commoner than to find a single name spelt in half - a - dozen different ways in the same manuscript . The object of early writers was to give an idea ...
... become tyrannical masters . Exactness in spelling is a modern refinement ; nothing is commoner than to find a single name spelt in half - a - dozen different ways in the same manuscript . The object of early writers was to give an idea ...
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... becomes easy to recognise it as the same name as Teith , a river in Perthshire , anciently written Teth , and now called Thaich by the Highlanders . It is true that we are still uncertain as to the true meaning , but we are so far on ...
... becomes easy to recognise it as the same name as Teith , a river in Perthshire , anciently written Teth , and now called Thaich by the Highlanders . It is true that we are still uncertain as to the true meaning , but we are so far on ...
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... become corrupted into the ridiculous form Shàmbelly . The same name appears less unhappily disguised with the aspirate as Shìn- vallie and Shànvolley in Wigtownshire , Shànavallie in Cumbrae , and Shànvallie , Shànavalley , and Shàn ...
... become corrupted into the ridiculous form Shàmbelly . The same name appears less unhappily disguised with the aspirate as Shìn- vallie and Shànvolley in Wigtownshire , Shànavallie in Cumbrae , and Shànvallie , Shànavalley , and Shàn ...
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... becomes when transposed Mòrar , mór ard , in Arisaig . Glàister or Glàster is the name of various places in Arran , Ayrshire , Gal- loway , and Lanark : it means glas tir , green land ; but when the adjective takes its usual place after ...
... becomes when transposed Mòrar , mór ard , in Arisaig . Glàister or Glàster is the name of various places in Arran , Ayrshire , Gal- loway , and Lanark : it means glas tir , green land ; but when the adjective takes its usual place after ...
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