Map Reference: West Hynish 82
Name Type: sea
Meaning: Possibly a male ON personal name such as Úlfr with the genitive morpheme /s/, with ON gil ‘gully’: Ùlfarsgil.
There is an Uiseal in Carloway (Cox 2002, 389), an Uisenis in Lochs and an Uiseval in Harris (SP); there is an Ulfsby in Askim, an Ulfsnes in Aure, and an Ulfsbøl in Våler, Norway (NG); Úlvisgjógv is a settlement name in the Faroe Islands (KO); and Úlf- is a common specific among Icelandic farm names, as in Úlfagil (SAM).
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Information:Named after a man called Uisgeal who fished there - GK.
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Languages : NorseInformants: David McClounnan, Balephuil, 3/1996
Informant 2: Gilleasbuig Kennedy, West Hynish, 7/2012 and 6/2020
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