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Rìgh Innse Gall
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Scottish Gaelic
Lord of the Isles
Alternative forms
gd Rí Innse Gall
Etymology
gd rìgh Rìgh ruler, king + gd innse Innse islands + gd Gall foreigner
Proper noun
m Rìgh Innse Gall
The title held by the Norwegian kings as feudal overlords of the outer Western Scottish islands, such as the Hebrides; rendered as Lord of the Isles in English