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

300 M^nx ^lare-Bamcs.
Landndma-hoc. [Maxaberg, Iceland ; Manish,
Skye ; Manby, Lincolnshire.]
Godi, ' a priest,' used as a proper name ; in Begoad
{Ve-Godi), ' Godi's House.'
Olafr, ' Olave,' a very common proper name in Iceland
and Scandinavia, which was borne by several of
the kings in Man (see Cowley, Kewley), is
possibly found in Knockoi.D, formerly KjiockoL.'E,
'Olave's Hill.' This name is found in the form
Oulaib on the Ballaugh Cross. [Balole, ' Olaf 's
Farm,' Islay.]
Ullr, or Ulli (see p. 298), in Co/ooneys, formerly
CooiV-ULiST {Ulls-sta^r), ' Ull's Stead Nook.'
In Johnstone's translation of the Chronicle of
Man, Crosyvor is called Cross Ivar, or ' Ivar's
Cross ' (see p. 281).
There is a farm in Baldwin called, in 1511,
Baldall Reynylt (? Balla-^alr), ' Reginald's Dale
Farm.' It is now corrupted into BallaREGNU.T.
Part 11. — Adjectives.
Adjectives in Icelandic or Old Norse, as in Enghsh,
invariably precede the substantives which they qualify.
There are comparatively few adjectives found in
Scandio-Manx names :
Berr, 'bare;' probably in Barrick (Berr-hryggr), ' Bare
Ridge.'
Bla (F), ' blue ;' only in the compound bld-ber, ' blea-
berry or blueberry,' which is found in Awin
Blaber, ' Bleaberry River.' [Bla-skogr, Land-
nd))ia-boc.]
Brattr, ' steep ;' in Bradda, formerly Bradhaugh