_Infuit_, a personal name; O.N. _hvítr_, ‘white.’ _War of the Gaedhil with the Gaill_, p. 78. _litill_ (_ibid._, p. 84). O.N. _lítill_, ‘little.’ _mikle_ (_Three Fragments of O.N. _míkill_, ‘much.’ Annals_, p. 176). _nui, nui_ (_ibid_, p. O.N. _knúe_, from _knýja_, ‘to 164).[168] advance.’ _roth._[169] O.N. _rauthr_, ‘red.’ (_b_) Gaelic Words in Old Norse Literature.[170] Considering the close connection between Ireland and Iceland, especially in the tenth and eleventh centuries, it is surprising that so few Gaelic words found their way into Old Norse literature. The only Norse words that can be said, with any certainty, to be derived from Irish, are the following:-- _bjannak_ (_Ynglingasaga_, Ir. _bennacht_, ‘a blessing.’ _Heimskringla_, ch. 2): _erg_ (_Orkneyinga Saga_, Ir. airghe, (1) ‘a herd of cattle.’ ch. 113) (2) ‘grazing land.’ _gelt_;[171] Ir. _geilt_, ‘a madman.’ _varth at gjalti_, to become mad with fear. Cf. _Eyrbyggja Saga_, ch. 18. _ingian_; Ir. _inghean_, ‘a girl.’ _kapall_ (Fornmanna Sögur II., Ir. _capall_, ‘a horse.’ p. 231); _kesja_; Ir. _ccis_, ‘a spear.’ _korki_ (Snorres Edda, II., Ir. _coirce_, ‘oats.’ 493); _kross_; Ir. _cros_, ‘a cross.’ _kuaran_; Ir. _cuaran_, ‘a shoe’ (made of skin). _kúthi_;[172] ? Ir. _cuthach_, ‘fierce.’ _male diarik_;[173] Ir. _mallacht duit, a rig_, ‘a curse upon you, O king.’ _minnthak_;[174] Ir. _mintach_, ‘made of meal.’ _ríg_ (in _Rígsmál_); Ir. _ri(g)_, ‘a king.’ _tarfr_ (_Eyrbyggia Saga_, ch. Ir. _tarbh_, ‘a bull.’ 63, etc.) (_c_) Irish Influence on Icelandic Place-nomenclature. A number of the place-names mentioned in the _Landnámabók_[175] contain a Gaelic element which, with one or two exceptions, is present in the form of a personal name. Among these Icelandic place-names we may note the following:-- _Personal Name._ _Bekkanstathir_; Ir. _Beccán_. (1) _Branslackr_, (also (2) Ir. (1) _Bran_, (2) _Brian_. _Brjamslackr_); _Dufansdalir_; Ir. _Dubhan_. _Dufthaksholt_; Ir. _Dubhthach_. also _Dufthakskor_; etc. _Kalmansá_; Ir. _Colmán_. also _Kalmanstunga_. _Kjallakshöll_, Ir. _Ceallach_. _Kjallaksstathir_; _Kjaransvík_; Ir. _Ciarán_. _Kylansholar_; Ir. _Culen_ (Marstrander). (1) _Lunansholt_ or Ir. (1) _Lon-án_ (2) _Lommán_. (2) _Lumansholt_; _Minnthakseyr_; Ir. _mintach_, ‘made of meal.’