The book Arran; - Cook Clan

374 THE BOOK OF ARRAN
O.-N. Stem. Modern Name.
Klettr = cM.
KMtr-cUff.
Scaftigil.
Gleiteadh
Buidhe,
Gleiteadh 'nan
Sgarbh.
Ancient Spellings.
(Two instances^
one near Dougarie
the other near Kilmorie).
;
Derivation and Meaning.
alternative to Korfa-gil,
Kdragil, i.e. Kari's gil
(Kdri, a proper name,
pron. Kawri, gen. Kara).
Cp. Karagerii, Karas-
tatfir, Karavatn, etc.
etc., in Iceland.
Skaptagil = shaft - gully
or Skapti's gully (or
Shaft-rivergully). (Skapt,
gen. Shapts, gen. plur.
skapta = a shaft, arrow ;
or Skapti, a proper name,
derived from the foregoing
; gen. Skapta ; or
Skapta, gen. Skaptdr =
shaft-river).
The last alternative
seems at first sight the
likeliest in sense, hut
in derivation the least
likely, the difficulty
being how the ' r' in
Skapt-ar-gil should have
been got rid of. In
Iceland, however, the
elimination has taken
place—some of the derivatives
of the Skapta,
e.g. Skaptar-fell being
pronounced and now
spelled Skaptafell (cp.
Shap-fell in Westmoreland),
while in others,
e.g. Skaptartunga, Skaptaross,
and Skaptar
Jokull, it has been retained.
Klettr = cliff
Klettar ; buidhe =
for yellow.
;
,
plur.
Gaelic
Skarfaklettar = cormorant
cliffs (skarfr, pi.
skarfar, gen. pi. skarfa
= cormorant. Klettar =
cliffs). Gaelic has borrowed
both words from