Township: Kilmoluaig

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Meaning: See Biosd in Longships on the Sand.

Other Forms: Bastawe 1509 ER xiii, 216
Bister, 1541 ER xvii, 647
Biste, 1638 RMS ix, 828
Bistie, 1654 Blaeu (Pont)
Byst, 1662 ICA NE11 no. 15
Birster, 1674 Retour vol. l no. 82 (Johnston 1991, 103)
Bist, 1674 HP vol. l, 290 (Johnston 1991, 103)
Beist, 1716 MacLean-Bristol 1998
Beist, 1768 Turnbull
Beist, 1794 Tiree Rental, Cregeen 1964, 36
Biest, 1832 Thomson's Atlas of Scotland
Bìsta, 1865, Donald Cameron in Campbell J.G 1891, 172

Related Places: See Port Bhiostadh and Cnoc Bhiostadh.

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Languages : Norse