The book Arran; - Cook Clan

O.-N. Stem.
Dalr = dale,
glen.
VOL. II.
Modern Name.
Loch Ranza.
Glen Rosa.
Ashdale.
Chalmadale or
Halmadale.
APPENDIX D 369
Ancient Spellings.
1433 Lochrans-ay.
1452 Locherayn-
say.
1628 Locharane-
say.1549(Mom-o)iocArenasy.
1600(Blaeu)7Jan.sa
and Rensa.
1450 Glen Rossy.
1600 (Blaeu) Glen
Rosy.
Old form in Orig.
Paroch. , Glenasdas-
dale.
del.
Blaeu, Qten Ghalla-
Derivation and Meaning.
Reynis-d = rowan-tree
river (reynir, gen. reynis,
rowan-tree). C'f. Key-
nisfjall, Reynisnes, etc.,
in Iceland.
//(•oss-a = horse river,
(from Hross, a horse).
Cf. Hrossholt, Hrossavik,
etc., in Iceland.
Ask-dalr or Asks-dalr
= the glen of the ashtree
(askr, gen. asks,
ash-tree). An alternative
is Fos-dalr = ihe glen
of the waterfall— the
initial ' f ' disappearing
as it often does on the
West coast; e.g. it is
elided almost everywhere
in fjordr, which is represented
by ort, art, etc.,
as in Snizort, old form
Snesfurd = Sneisfjoritr
Knoydart = Knuts^oritr,
etc.^
Ass-dalr, the glen of
one of the old gods (more
commonly used in the
plur. Aesir), or the glen
of the rocky ridge {ass),
are also possible but unlikely
alternatives. Glen
has as usual been added
by the Gael when the
meaning of dalr was forgotten.
Prob. Hjdlmund-dalr
for Hjdlmundardalr, i.e.
Hjalmund's glen {Hjdlmundr,
gen. Hjdlmundar,
a proper name, whence
M'Calman, M'Calmont).
Helmsdale is Hjalmundal
in the Orkneyinga Saga.
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