QUINE, contraded from Mac Coinn, or Mac Cuinn, 'Conn's son' (Conn, 'counsel.') 'CONN, of the hundred fights,' was one of Ireland's greatest legendary heroes.
'MAC CUINN, son of Donnghaile, royal heir of Teathbha, died,' A.D. 1027.+
A.D. 1403, 'The king, to all, to whom, &c., greeting, Know that we have conceded of our especial grace, to LUKE MAC QUYN of the Island of Mann, scholar, certain alms called particles in the Island aforesaid, and which were given, confirmed, and conceded perpetually to the scholars by our predecessors, former Kings of England
Compare (Irish) QUIN, O'QUIN.
MAC QUYN [1403], QUINE [1504], QUYN [1511].
http://www.isle-of-man.com/manxnotebook/manxnb/v05p020.htmCORLETT (sometimes pronounced CURLEOD), is from the (O.N.) personal name Ţorljótr, (the initial c representing the Celtic prefix Mac.) The word 1jótr means 'deformed,' or ' ugly,' but that can scarcely be its meaning in this compound. Dr. Vigfusson thinks that ljót is the same as the old Teutonic leđd, 'people.' It is not found by itself in the Landnámabóc, though, in combination with Ţórr it is common there. In the Flateyjarbóc, written two centuries later, this compound name occurs twice. Ljótr is found on the cross in the old church-yard at Ballaugh in combination with Liut, as LIUTWOLF§.
'The name Thor has always been thought to sound well and is much used in proper names. Ţorljótr is found in many runic stones in Denmark. The MACLEODS in Scotland have always claimed a Scandinavian origin and their name is probably from Mac ljótr, the Ţor not having been inserted.'** "The MACLEODS of Cadboll and the MACLEODS of Lewis not only quarter the Manx trie cassyn (three legs,) but use the same motto quocunque jeceris stabit, which, I think, clearly points out that the chiefs of that name are descendants from the Norwegian sovereigns of Mann and the Isles, or some other Manx connection."++
In the parishes of Ballaugh and Lezayre nearly one fourth part of the population are CORLETTS.
Compare (Welsh) LLOYD.
CORLETT [1504], MACCORLEOT [1511], MACCORLEAT [1521], CURLEOD [1600], CORLOD [1629], CURLED [1666], CORLEOD [1677], CORLOT [1678], CORLET [1618].
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