THE
SURNAMES & PLACE-NAMES
OF THE
ISLE OF MAN.

A. W. MOORE, M.A.

With an Introduction

PROFESSOR RHŸS.

‘ As no impresses of the past are so abiding, so none, when once attention has been awakened to them, are so self-evident as those which names preserve.‘—TRENCH (on ‘ The Study of Words.’)

LONDON:

ELLIOT STOCK, 62, PATERNOSTER ROW, E.C.

1890.

Note - the section on Surnames is for the most part as originally presented in The Manx Note Book - as these sections have the attractive Nicholson chapter headings missing from the book I have not reproduced them here but refer the reader to them.

PART 1.—SURNAMES.
CHAPTER		PAGE
	Preface
	Author's Preface
	INTRODUCTION	I
I.	SURNAMES OF CELTIC ORIGIN DERIVED FROM PERSONAL NAMES:
	(PART I.) BIBLICAL AND HAGIOLOGICAL NAMES	23
	(PART II.) NAMES OF PURELY NATiVE ORIGIN -	36
II.	SURNAMES OF CELTIC ORIGIN FROM TRADES OR OCCUPATIONS ; FROM DESCRIPTIVE NICKNAMES; FROM DESIGNATION OF BIRTHPLACE -	71
III.	SURNAMES OF SCANDINAVIAN ORIGIN -	79
IV	EXOTIC SURNAMES	93
V.	NAMES OBSOLETE BEFORE WRITTEN RECORDS	109
APPENDIX A:	OBSOLETE CHRISTIAN NAMES -	116
,, B:	NICKNAMES	118

PART II.—PLACE-NAMES.
A Celtic
I.	GENERIC TERMS FOR TOPOGRAPHICAL FEATURES	129
	(PART I) SIMPLE NAMES	130
	(PART II.) COMPOUND NAMES	142
	(PART III.) DIMINUTIVES	157
II.	NAMES OF DIVISIONS OF LAND NOT TOPOGRAPHICAL	162
III.	DISTINCTIVE AFFIXES:
	(PART I.) SUBSTANTIVES	166
	(PART II.) ADJECTIVES	231

B.—Scandinavian.
IV.	GENERIC TERMS FOR TOPOGRAPHICAL FEATURES :
	(PART I.) SIMPLE NAMES	250
	(PART II.) COMPOUND NAMES	253
V.	NAMES OF DIVISIONS OF LAND, NOT TOPOGRAPHICAL	268
VI.	DISTINCTIVE PREFIXES:
	(PART I.) SUBSTANTIVES -	272
	(PART II.) ADJECTIVES	300
VII.	ENGLISH NAMES	303
INDICES
	OF CELTIC ROOT WORDS	319
	OF SCANDINAVIAN ROOTWORDS	330
	OF SURNAMES	332
	OF PLACE-NAMES	336




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THE SURNAMES & PLACE-NAMES OF THE ISLE OF MAN.

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THE
SURNAMES & PLACE-NAMES
OF THE
ISLE OF MAN.