The book Arran; - Cook Clan

370 THE BOOK OF ARRAN
O.-N. Stem. Modern Name. Ancient Spellings.
Garvadale.
Gargadak.
Kiscadale. Blaeu, Kiskidel.
Orig. Parooh.^ A'u-
Iceditis.
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Derivation and Meaning.
The 'u' would readily
be lost before the dental.
The objection I have to
the usual derivation from
Kalman, also a proper
name, is that the ' s ' of
the genitive is never lost
iu composition where the
name occurs in Iceland ;
e.g. Kalmansa, Kalmansarvik,
and, still more
notably, Kalmanstunga.
Blaeu's form, however,
Kol-
certainly suggests :
ladalr = KoUi's glen
(Kolli, a proper name
frequent in the Sagas,
but possibly of Celtic
origin). Cp. Kollabiillir,
KollafprUr , etc., freq.
in Iceland. The hard
guttural would in Gaelic
phonetics be softened to
' ch ' after Glen.
Garpadair {garpr. gen.
pi. garpa) 'the warlike
men's dale.'
(High up on the left
bank of Slidderie Water,
O.S. map).
Kistudalr, chest-glen
or coffin-glen ; or kistu-
gil, chest-gully or coffingully
(kis-ta, gen.
kistu, 'kist,' chest or
coffin). The latter form
is suggested because the
easy metathesis of the
guttural and dental
would explain the loss
of the second ' K ' and
also because we have a
Kistugil in Iceland ; as
also Kistufell and Kis-
tugertfi.