Blair Collection > Surnames & place-names of the Isle of Man

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Rushen, Middle, and GarfT, and ihe latter that of the earliest rent-
roll of the remaining three sheadings. No dates are given after
the end of the eighteenth century. The following abbreviations
are made use of in Part I. : vc, very common ; c, common ; u, un-
common ; w, wanting, which refer to the comparative distribution
of the various names in the respective parishes before the present
century. [For this purpose a careful analysis of all the parish
registers (17) has been made.]
O.N. — Old Norse, or Scandinavian.
Four Mast. — For Annals of Four Masters.
Chron. Scot. — For Chronicon Scotorum.
O^ Dubhagain and O' HuidJirin. — For the topographical poems
by those authors.
O' Donovan Introduction. — For the introductory account of Irish
surnames given by the editor of the above poems.
All place - names are likewise in small capitals, except the
Scandio-Celtic and Anglo-Celtic names in the Celtic text and
in the index, the Scandinavian and English portions of which are
indicated by italics.
The following abbreviations are made use of in Part II. : E,
English : F, feminine ; C, Cregeen ; CI*, Clarke ; G, Gaelic ; Gi*,
Gill ; I, Irish ; K, Kelly ; M, masculine ; N, neuter , Ob, obsolete ;
S or O N, Old Norse, or Scandinavian ; W, Welsh ; ?, doubtful.
* When CI and Gi are quoted it means that the word is given by
them onlv.