KINGDOMS, JARLDOMS & ISLANDS

Atjoklar - Atholl

Berneray - Bjorn's Isle

Brettland - Strathclyde

Dalar - Dalriada

Dufeyrar - Banff

Eriksey - Eriskay (Eirisgeidh)

Fifi - Fife

Fridarey - Fair Isle

Graemsey - Grim's Isle

Gaddgešlar - Galloway

Hjaltland - Shetland

Katanes - Caithness

Kolbeinsey - Colonsay

Kunnaktir - Connaught

Ljošhus - Lewis

Maehaefi - Moray

Maeyjar - Isle of May

Mon - Isle of Man

Noršimbraland - Northumberland

Orkneyjar - Orkney

Pettland - Pictland

Pickasquoy - enclosure of the Picts

Satiri - Kintyre

Sušrland - Sutherland

Sušreyjar - Hebrides

Tyrvist - Tiree

Ivist - Uist

Ulaztir - Ulster



TOWNS & WATERWAYS

Apardjon - Aberdeen

Bót-gata - Bathgate

Beruvik - Berwick-on-Tweed

Dungalsbaer - Duncansby

Dyflinn - Dublin

Eišinaborg - Edinburgh

Hjalmundalir - Helmsdale

Humra - Humber River

Kirkjuvagr - Kirkwall

Myrkvafjoršr - Firth of Forth

Orkahaugr - Maeshowe

Pettlandsfjoršr - Pentland Firth



ORKNEY NAMES OF NORSE ORIGIN

Benzieroth: from Norse for prayer clearing.

Birnigarth: possibly from Norse brynja (byrnie - chain mail hauberk, and garš - stronghold).

Fladdabister: steading on level ground.


Flett: from flet Shetlandic for strip of farmland.

Leask: said by one old tradition to have descent from the god Thor. From Norse for stirring lad. Its ancient origin, according to Professor Leask of Aberdeen University, may link the name to Liscus, a chief of the Gauls who stood against Julius Caesar.

Quarff: low lying place.


Scarth: from skarš, gap.

Seatter, Seater, Setter: from saetr the Norse term for a shieling.