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394  high, Eng. excel, Lit. kéltas, raised. Rhys refers the name to the root qel, slay, Ag. S. hild, war, Norse, hildr, Lat. percello, hit, Lit. kalti, strike: the Celtæ being "smiters."

, ; Manx Manninagh, Manx (adj.), Gailck, Gaelk, the Manx Gaelic, E. Ir. inis Manann, Isle of Man, a genitive from *Mana (= Lat. Mona), early W. Manau, Lat. Mona (Cæsar),