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

252 Manx f^Iacc-Hamcs.
Orkneys ; Nabwood, Lincolnshire ; The Knab,
Shetlands.]
The following are also found as affixes :
Ey, ' an island ;' in The Eye, a rock off the Calf of
Man, which has been completely pierced by the
action of the waves. It is popularly supposed to
mean literally ' The Eye.'
Eyjr (F), 'a gravelly bank ;' in The Ayre, the sandy
and gravelly expanse extending along the north
coast of the island.
The following are also found as prefixes :
Holmr (M), ' a holm, islet;' in Holm (ob.), the Scandi-
navian name of the islet off Peel Harbour. In
a Papal Bull of 1231 this islet is referred to as
'Holm, Sodor, vel Pile ;' and in the charter con-
firming the grant of Thomas, Earl of Derby, in
1505, of churches and lands in the Isle of Man
to Huan, Bishop of Sodor and Man, it is called
'Holme, Sodor, vel Pele.' [Holmar, Iceland;
Flatholme, England ; Stockholm.]
Klettr (M), 'a rock;' in The Clytts (klcttar), 'The
Rocks.'
Skar^ (N), 'a notch, chink,' used in Icelandic local names
of a mountain pass ; in Skard, which is high land.
[SkarS, Iceland. Skar^ is also found as a prefix.]
Skor (gen. skarar), ' a rim, edge ;' in Scara, ' Edge.'
This is, perhaps, only a portion of the original
name. Scar or scaur is used in Scotland of a
cliff, or precipitous bank of earth. Scara is on the
edge of a cliff. Skor may possibly also occur in
The Skoryn, ' The Edge.' [Scar, Ireland ; The
Skaur, Scotland.]