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CHAPTER VI.
DISTINCTIVE PREFIXES.
Part L
SUBSTANTIVES.
By far the larger portion of distinctive prefixes in
Scandio-Manx names are substantives. The following
are prefixes as well as affixes :
Brekka, ' a slope ;' possibly in BRACKAbroom, formerly
BRKCKAbroom (?) and BRECKbooilley , ' Slope of the
Fold ;' but the breck in these names may be from
the Celtic brcck, ' speckled, spotted,' though, in that
case, the position of the adjective is unusual (see
p. 236).
Dalr, 'a dale;' in Dalliott (Dalar-Jiolt), 'Dales'
Wood ;' and in Dalby {Dalar-byr), ' Dales' Farm.'
Dalr, however, is not found in Iceland as a prefix
in local names ; so that these derivations are per-
haps doubtful. Captain Thomas derives such
names as DKLB-more and DaleS^o", in Lewis, from
dcel, ' a little dale,'
Eyrr, ' a gravelly bank ;' possibly in Orrisdale, for-
merly Orestal {Eyri-dalr), 'Gravelly Bank Dale.'

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Surnames & place-names of the Isle of Man
DescriptionBy A.W. Moore ; with an introduction by Professor Rhŷs.
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