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camp m. [ˈkʰãũm̥p], gen. idem, in the sense ‘overhang’ is derived by Cox (1989, 5; 1991, 492; 2002a, 361) from ON kamp, acc. of kampr m. ‘moustache; (figuratively) protruding edge’ (NO); it occurs in the Lewis place-name Sgeir a’ Champ NB235475, of a skerry at the foot of the promontory Rubha na Beirghe (s.v. beirgh).
McDonald (2009, 369) conflates camp with SG cambar ‘crest or ridge of hills’ (s.v.) and campar ‘hindrance, annoyance etc.’ (s.v.).
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The Old Norse loan-name SG Campaigh [ˈkʰãũm̥paj] NB142426 probably derives from ON *Kamp-ø̨y ‘(the) overhang-island’, with the stem-form of ON kampr (Cox 2002a, 198). Macaulay (1978, 330), possibly on the suggestion of Hermann Pálsson (p. 329), gives a derivation with ON kamb- ‘comb, crest, ridge’, but this does not appear to suit phonetically, s.v. cambar.