THE PERSONAL NAMES
OF
THE ISLE OF MAN

BY

J. J. KNEEN, M.A., R. I. St. O. O. (NORWAY)

Author of

PLACE NAMES OF THE ISLE OF MAN', 'A GRAMMAR OF THE MANX LANGUAGE', &C.

PUBLISHED
UNDER THE AUSPICES OF TYNWALD BY THE MANX MUSEUM
AND ANCIENT MONUMENTS TRUSTEES

 

OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS LONDON: HUMPHREY MILFORD

1937

 

CONTENTS

 
PREFACE
INTRODUCTION .
ABBREVIATIONS
SIGNS .
NOTES ON PRONUNCIATION:
A. GAELIC
liii
B. OLD NORSE .
liv
 
PHONETIC SYMBOLS .
lvi
CLASSIFICATION OF SURNAMES .
CLASSIFICATION OF PARISHES .
BIBLIOGRAPHY .
I. CHRISTIAN NAMES:
A. MALE NAMES
B. FEMALE NAMES
II. SURNAMES .
A B Ca Cl D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W XYZ
24
III. PREHISTORIC NAMES:
A. THE PERSONAL NAMES ON THE OGAM AND EARLY CHRISTIAN MONUMENTS
258
B. THE PERSONAL NAMES ON THE RUNIC MONUMENTS .
262
IV. NICKNAMES .
267
APPENDICES
A. SURNAMES FROM THE LIB. ASSED., A.D. 1511-1515 .
276
B. SURNAMES FROM THE LIB. MONAST., A.D. 1611
283
C. BRADDAN AND CONCHAN ABBEY LANDS, A.D. 1540.
285
D. SURNAMES OF THE TENANTS OF THE BISHOP'S BARONIES, A.D. 1580-1587
286
E. SURNAMES OF THE TENANTS OF THE BARONIES OF
286
F. NAMES OF THE MEMBERS OF THE COURT OF ALL THE COMMONS OF MANN, A.D. 1405-1429
287
G. CHRISTIAN NAMES OF THE LIB. ASSED., A.D. 151 I-1515 AND THE LIB. MONAST., A.D. 1611
288
H. INDENTURE, A.D. 1417
289
I. COURT ROLLS, A.D. 1417-1418
290
J. COURT HELD AT TYNWALD, A.D. 1429
292
K. COURT HELD AT CASTLE RUSHEN, A.D. 1430.
293
L. INDENTURE, A.D. 1521
295

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