Swarthoull Loch
lake or loch · Shetland Islands
Old NorseAI-generated
This name likely refers to a dark or black loch. 'Swart' is Old Norse for black, and 'haugh' or 'holme' refers to a piece of flat land, often by water. 'Loch' is Gaelic for a lake or sea inlet.
Word origins
- Swarth
- Old Norsedark, black(from svartr "dark, black")
- oull
- Old Norseisland, flat land(from holmr "island, flat land")
- Loch
- Gaeliclake, sea inlet(from loch "lake, sea inlet")