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

114 Manx Surnamta.
LitJT-ULBS is the genitive of Liut-wolf (liot-ulfr *) ,
' people wolf.'
RosciLis arare form of the commoner Hross-Ketill,
usually contracted into HROSs-KELL,-f- ' Horse-
Kettle.' ROSKELL is a modern English surname.
RUMUND, or Hromund, from Hro^r, ' fame, reputa-
tion,' and Mundy,X is, according to Dr. Vigfusson,
the name indicated by the letters r.u.m.u. found
on a cross at Kirk Michael.
SoNTULF, or Sandulf, from Sont or Sond, i.e., Santh,
' sooth, true,' and Ulf, * wolf.' Ulb or Ulf, 'wolf,'
is found singly on the Olaf cross, at Ballaugh.
There are also the following compounds with p<?Vr,
viz., ptiRBiAURN, ' Thor's bear'; ptJR-LiBR, orpORLEiFR,
'Thor's patrimony or inheritance '; pLFR-ULFS, ' Thor's
wolf; and pUR-VALDR, ' Thor's might.' These names
are all common in the Landndmaboc.
There are also five Scandinavian female names on
the crosses :
Arin-biaurg, probably meaning ' hearth-help,' is found
on a cross at Kirk Andreas, which describes her
as the wife of ' Sandulf the Black.' This name
is found in Iceland in its contracted form of Arn-
BIORG.
AsRipi, or Asrith, found on a cross in St. Germains, is
a contraction of As-friSr. Fri'Sr means ' fair ;' as,
' semi-deus.''
pRipu, or Fritha, also from Fri^r. According to the
inscription on the cross at Kirk Michael, where
her name occurs, she was the mother of * Olaf the
son of Thorwolf the Red.'
* See CORLETT, ante. f See Castell, ante.
% See Casement, ante.