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ArchivesRe: Is there are more correct anglicization of Fionnlagh (Finley or Finlay)?
in reply to a message by Perrine
Finlay is the traditional Anglicized form. Finley seems to be a modern variant.
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George Black says that the father of Macbeth was called Finnleikr in the Flateyjarbók, though that was most likely written in 1394, and is therefore not a contemporary source, and it probably just indicates that Norsemen interpreted the name in terms of name elements that they understood. Likewise, it may be the case that the -ley form arose by association with names such as Ashley.
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