A small Scottish island or islet, especially one in a river or loch.
From Old Norse 'eið' meaning island, related to Old English 'ēg'. The word traveled through Norse settlements in Scotland and became part of Scottish English, particularly used in place names and geographical descriptions.
Scottish place names are linguistic fossils—words like 'aith' show how the Norsemen who settled Scotland left their language embedded in the landscape. You can literally see Viking geography written across Scottish maps today.
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