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Glossary of Scots origins of place names in Britain: E to M
Introduction | A to D | E to M | N to Y
| Element | Meaning | Examples |
| easter adj | eastern(-most), lying to the east | Easter Anguston NJ8201, Easter Balmoral NO2694 |
| elbuck n | elbow | Deil’s Elbuck NX9393 |
| eller n | elder | Eller Bog NX9385, Ellerslee NX9785 |
| fal adj | see faw | Falkirk NS8781, Falfield NO4408 |
| fank n | enclosure | Fank Wood NS0878, Fank Burn NN7024 |
| faugh n | fallow ground | Longfaugh NJ8322, Faugh NS9312 |
| fauld n | part of the outfield of a farm manured by penning cattle on it, fold | Shuttlefauld NO1109, Stane Fauld NX2768 |
| faw adj | variegated, of different colours | Faw Hill NT6213, Faw Side NY3596 |
| fell n | rocky hill, hill-moor, high-lying ground | Fell Hill NX2990, Garheugh Fell NX2751 |
| fey n | small field, croft | Kirk Fey NX1238, Fey Wood NX8977 |
| firth n | estuary, inlet of the sea | Firth of Tay NO3727, Firth of Lorn NM7628 |
| flag n | flagstone | Horse Flags HY4849, Fowl Flag HY5055 |
| flosh n | see flush | Flosh Burn NT5303, Floshknowe NY0076, Floshend NY3168 |
| flow n | morass, peat bog | Fala Flow NT4358, Anderside Flow NS6233 |
| flush n | boggy ground where water lies on the surface | Flush Hill NX0067, Tranew Flushes NS3407 |
| foggy adj | mossy, spongy | Foggy Moss NJ4654, Foggyleas NO2414 |
| forest n | large area of land not necessarily wooded, originally used for deer hunting | Forest Lodge NJ0216, Garadhban Forest NS4086 |
| forking n | division of a river into one or more streams | The Forkings NJ6421, Forkings of Raith NS2962 |
| fowl n | bird of any kind | Fowl Craig HY5054, Fowl Taing HU5179 |
| frith n | wood, clearing in a wood | Frithfield NO5507, Frithbie NY2065 |
| gair n | strip of green on a hill, patch of marshy ground in heather | Gair Burn NY6279, Gair Shank NT2809 |
| gairy n | steep hill, precipice | Gairy Lochs ND4685, Kittlegairy Burn NT2741 |
| garth n | shallow shingly part of a river | Garthbanks HU3612, Garthdee NJ9103 |
| gate n | road | Gateside HU2978, Canongate NT2673 |
| girth n | sanctuary | Girthgate NT5043 |
| glack n | narrow valley | West Glacks NJ6039, The Glack NH7856 |
| gled n | buzzard, kite | Upper Gledfield NH5790, Gled Brae NX7893 |
| glen n | valley | Friar’s Glen NO6879, Sma’ Glen NN9029 |
| gore n | strip of land at the side of a field | Gore Bridge NT6942, Gore Moss NX9973 |
| gote n | drain, ditch, narrow inlet of the sea | Tod’s Gote ND3544, Whitemoss Gote NS2958 |
| gouk n | see gowk | Gouknest NS4047, Gouk Hill NS3482 |
| gowk n | cuckoo | Gowkhall NT0589, West Gowkhill NJ9046 |
| grain n | branch of a river, arm of a valley | Willow Grain NS8412, Wolf Grain NO4388 |
| green n | village green, grassy ground surrounding a house | Woodgreen NS3044, Allerdean Greens NT9845 |
| grip n | from gruip: drain | Millgrip HY6123, Rough Grip NJ3605 |
| gullet n | gully, ravine | Gullet Spout NX9195, The Gullet NY4887 |
| gutter n | mud, mire, puddles | Thorter Gutter NT0217, Black Gutter NX4185 |
| hack n | wild, rocky stretch of moorland or moss | Hack Field HU1756, Hackland HY3920 |
| hag, hagg n | hollow of marshy ground in a moor, hillock of firmer ground in a bog | Hag Brae NO5050, Hagg Dean NU1627 |
| hally adj | holy | Hallywell Rig NT6953 |
| hame n | home, settlement | Cauldhame HU3938, Tyninghame NT6079 |
| hard n | piece of firm ground as opposed to a bog | Wester Hardmuir NH9456, Burn of Hardwall HU3769 |
| hass n | see hause | Katie’s Hass NT2941 |
| hatton n | farm or settlement with a hall or main residence (a combination of Scots haa (hall) + toun) | Easter Hatton NO1947, Merryhatton NT5479 |
| haud n | overhanging bank of a stream, retreat | Haudgate Hole NT8655, Haud Yauds NT8368 |
| haugh n | river-meadow, level piece of ground beside a stream | Haugh of Glass NJ4239, Haughhead HY4010 |
| hause n | gap, opening, neck of land, head of a pass | Hause Burn NX8762 |
| head n | see heid | Herston Head ND4191, Heugh Head NO5098 |
| heck n | rack or grating for fodder, for drying fish, or across a stream | Hunterheck NT1004, Old Haiks NO6111 |
| heid n | head, highest part of a valley, summit of a hill | The Deil’s Heid NO6741 |
| hemmel n | from hammel: covered shed for cattle | Blue Hemmel NY7475, Hemmel Knowe NT7759 |
| heuch n | precipice, crag, cliff, steep bank | Heuch of Coul NN9712, Little Heuch Law NT7816 |
| hip n | projecting piece of land | Lamahip NO5592, Hanginghip Plantation NY2473 |
| hirst n | hillock, knoll, barren, unproductive piece of ground | Netherhirst NY4473, Sandy Hirst NT6379 |
| hog, hogg n | young sheep | Hog Burn NT3918, Hog Lairs NT9113 |
| hole n | cover, shelter, hole | Brockholes NJ6307, Low Todhole NY6298 |
| holl n | see howe | East Holl NJ1456, Holl Burn NO2103 |
| hollin n | holly | Hollin Burn NT7803, Hollinsheugh Hill NU1519 |
| holm n | from howm: stretch of low-lying land beside a river | Lyneholm Cleuch NY2791 |
| hope n | small enclosed upland valley, hollow among the hills; bay | Hopehead Burn NT1438, St Margaret’s Hope ND4494 |
| howe n | hollow depression, low-lying piece of ground | Hopeless Howe NX3366, Howe Moss NJ7641 |
| howie adj | full of hollows | Howierig NS8478, Howie Sound HY4631 |
| jingle n | see chingle | Deil’s Jingle NY2795, Near Jingle Sike NY4986 |
| kail n | cole, a variety of cabbage | Kail Yard ND4996, Kail Cairn NT3825 |
| kaim n | see kame | Maiden Kaim NO8883, North Kaim NS3461 |
| kame n | comb, long narrow steep-sided ridge, crest of a hill | Burn of the Kame HU4785, Easter Kame HU3788 |
| kip, kipp n | projecting point of a hill, peak | Hyndhope Kip NT3519, Kipps Farm NS7366 |
| kippie adj | hilly, having kips | Kippie Island NT8844, Kippie Knowe NT7716 |
| kirk n | church | Kirkhill NK0152, Kirkmichael NO0860 |
| kirn n | churn, natural feature resembling a churn | Wester Kirn NJ2000, Auld Wife’s Kirn NT0500 |
| knab n | see knap | The Knab HU4840 |
| knap n | hillock, knoll, rounded knob, lump, bump | Marnock Knap NO8277, Square’s Knap NO8183 |
| knock n | hillock | Big Knock NT1017, East Knock NO4876 |
| knowe n | hillock, knoll, protuberance | Lamb Knowe NS7917, Lang Knowe NS9830 |
| kyle, kyles n | sound, strait | Kyle of Durness NC3765, Kyles of Bute NS0472 |
| lade n | watercourse leading to a mill | Mill Lade ND3648, Distillery Lade NR3358 |
| laigh n | from laich: stretch of low-lying ground | Laigh Drumdow NS2105, Laigh Riggend NS7669 |
| laigh adj | low | Laigh Hill NT1228, Laigh Wood NX1585 |
| lair n | mud, mire, bog, quicksand; place where animals lie down, enclosure | Hog Lairs NT9113, Nouts’ Lair NO7586 |
| land n | land, the fields, countryside | Meikle Kirkland NX8269, Woodlands NH8351 |
| lane n | marshy meadow; sometimes English ‘lane’ | Rushy Lane NT0011, Shiels Lane NX1970 |
| lang n | long, tall | East Langton NS4051, High Langmuir NS3941 |
| latch n | mire, swamp | Little Latch NO4538, Latchfold NJ8146 |
| law n | round, conical often isolated hill, | Lucklaw NO4120, Macbeth’s Law NO2034 |
| lea n | grass-land | Oaklea HY4506, Rashboglea NJ8645 |
| lee n | see lea | Netherlee NS5758, Merrylee NS5659 |
| ley n | see lea | Langley NJ5156, North Whiteley NJ4347 |
| links n | grass-covered dunes | Cullen Links NJ4967, Fisherrow Links NT3473 |
| linn n | waterfall, cataract, deep, narrow gorge, shrubby ravine | Flatt Linn NS6451, Furmiston Linn NX5992 |
| lint n | flax | Lint Brae HY4006, Lintdub Moss NY2381 |
| loan n | right of way for stock to common grazing, lane, small common ground | Braid Loans NY6477, Byres Loan NT3865 |
| loaning n | lane, bypath, right of passage for animals by means of a loan | Brownrigg Loaning NX9976, Cadgers’ Loaning NY1288 |
| lodge n | hunting lodge, house, fishing-hut | Drumbuie Lodge NO0344, Dryfe Lodge NY1893 |
| lone n | see loan | Lone NJ0748, Moat Lone NT2602 |
| loop n | winding of a river, lake or glen | Thumb Loop NX3386, Upper Loop NJ7544 |
| loup n | the jump, the leap, narrow part of a river, small cataract | Wild Mare’s Loup NO7186, Black Loup NX3778 |
| lug n | corner, recess, ear | The Lug HP6317, Banklug NS4456, Blacklug NJ4137 |
| mains n | home farm on an estate | Buittle Mains NX8160, Carberry Mains NT3570 |
| meikle adj | see muckle | Meikle Auchrae NX6494, Meikle Cat Cairn NJ3515 |
| mere n | small pool | Mere Cleuch NT1008, Leishmere NH4040 |
| mickle adj | see muckle | Mickle Corum NN8502 |
| midden n | refuse heap | Windydoors Midden NT4142, Blackmiddens NJ4226 |
| mire n | peat-bog | Blackmire NJ1050, Bloody Mires NX5388 |
| mirk adj | dark, obscure, black | Mirk Bank NY2791, Mirk Gill NY1199 |
| moor n | heath, unenclosed upland usually covered in heather | Moor of Dallachy NJ3663, Muckla Moor HU4367 |
| moss n | mossy ground, moorland | North Meiklemoss NK0331, Nutberry Moss NY2668 |
| mote n | mound, hillock, embankment, motte | Straw Mote NS7917, Bardrochwood Mote NX4565 |
| mouth n | entrance to an enclosed place, mouth of a burn or river | Pool Mouth NK1446, South Mouth HU6871 |
| muckle adj | great | Muckle Burn HY3411, Muckle Ayre HU4655 |
| muir n | rough grazing | Barr Muir NS5833, Blackiemuir NO6971 |
| mull n | headland, promontory | Blue Mull HP5504, Mull Glen NX1331 |
Introduction | A to D | E to M | N to Y