The book Arran; - Cook Clan

APPENDIX D 375
O.-N. Stem. Modern Name. Ancient Spellings. Derivation and Meaning.
Kru -or
pen.
fold.
a fold
7rwi = a sheep-
Penningr — a
pennyj a variable
fraction of
Cleiteadh Diibh.
Craw.
C'uithe.
Ouidhe Meadhonach
= mid-
fold.
Dippin]
Duppen.
Orig. Paroch. , Dupennylandis.
the Norsemen. Scarf is
used for cormorant in
Orkney and Shetland
also.
Klettr with Gaelic
dubh = h\ac\i, added. If
the name were found
with the adjective foremost,
it might be Djiip-
Iclettar = deep cliffs on the
analogy of Djiipfirdingar,
deep firths, and Djupidalr,
in Iceland.
Kru = a small pen. Dr.
Macbain says that Cro
is used in Shetland for
small enclosures that
would be called Quoy in
Orkney.
Kvi, sheep-fold (in
composition, kvia, pi.
kviar). Cp. Quoyfreq. in
Orkney and the Outer
Isles.
Kvi = io\A, with Gaelic
meadhonach, added. The
middle folds or the midfold.
Capt. Thomas says
that in Orkney ' quoy
is a subsidiary enclosure
to the principal farm,
and is the only exception
I know to the rule which
governs Scandinavian
names by being used as
a substantive prefix.'
Quoy, however, doubtless
represents the form
used in composition, viz.
Kvia, in ' Quoy-birstane,'
etc., etc. There is a
Kviar-miU in Landnamabok.
Tvi - penninga land =
two - penny land {penningr,
plur. penningar,