 | 1839
...circumference ; the lands of eleven lairds at one time embraced its waters ; there are eleven rivers and i running into it; it contains eleven kinds of fish...the course of time the E was omitted as at present. — Walk* and Wandering! in the World of Literature, by the Author of " The Gnat Afetropolit." INSTITUTIONS.... | |
 | Electronic journals - 1886 - 574 pages
...from the circumstance of the number eleven frequently occurring in matters connected with the lake It is eleven miles in circumference; the lands of...and in the adjoining plantations are eleven kinds of wooJ. The name was, therefore, originally Loch Eleven ; but in the course of time the E was omitted... | |
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Perhaps the following curious specimen of popular etymology may be interesting to the readers of ' N. & Q.':— " The origin of the name Loch Leven is somewhat curious. It arose from the circumstance of the number eleven frequently occurring in matters... 