 In the Norse sagas Skye is called Skíð , for example in the Hákonar saga Hákonarsonar and a skaldic poem in the Heimskringla from c . 1230 contains a line that translates as " the hunger battle @-@ birds were filled in Skye with blood of foemen killed " . The island was also referred to by the Norse as Skuy ( misty isle ) , Skýey or Skuyö ( isle of cloud ) . The traditional Gaelic name is An t @-@ Eilean Sgitheanach ( the island of Skye ) , An t @-@ Eilean Sgiathanach being a more recent and less common spelling . In 1549 Donald Munro , High Dean of the Isles , wrote of " Sky " : " This Ile is callit Ellan Skiannach in Irish , that is to say in Inglish the wyngit Ile , be reason it has mony wyngis and pointis lyand furth fra it , throw the dividing of thir foirsaid Lochis . " but the meaning of this Gaelic name is unclear . 
 In the Norse sagas Skye is called Skíð , for example in the Hákonar saga Hákonarsonar and a skaldic poem in the Heimskringla from c . 1230 <a href='uninflect' title='1'><mark>contains</mark></a> a line <a href='null_relcl' title='2'><mark>that</mark></a><a href='uninflect' title='3'><mark>translates</mark></a> as " the hunger battle @-@ birds <a href='uninflect' title='4'><mark>were</mark></a> filled in Skye with blood of foemen killed " . The island was also referred to by the Norse as Skuy ( misty isle ) , Skýey or Skuyö ( isle of cloud ) . The traditional Gaelic name <a href='drop_aux' title='5'><mark>is</mark></a>An t @-@ Eilean Sgitheanach ( the island of Skye ) , An t @-@ Eilean Sgiathanach being a more recent and less common spelling . In 1549 Donald Munro , High Dean of the Isles , wrote of " Sky " : " This Ile <a href='drop_aux' title='6'><mark>is</mark></a>callit Ellan Skiannach in Irish , that is to say in Inglish the wyngit Ile , be reason it <a href='got' title='7'><mark>has</mark></a> mony wyngis and pointis lyand furth fra it , throw the dividing of thir foirsaid Lochis . " but the meaning of this Gaelic name <a href='drop_aux' title='8'><mark>is</mark></a>unclear . 
In da Norse sagas Skye is called Skíð , fir example in the Hákonar saga Hákonarsonar and a skaldic poem in the Heimskringla from c . 1230 contain a line translate as " the hunger battle @-@ birds was filled in Skye wid blood of foemen killed " . The island was also referred to by the Norse as Skuy ( misty isle ) , Skýey or Skuyö ( isle of cloud ) . Tdatraditional Gaelic name An t @-@ Eilean Sgitheanach ( the island of Skye ) , An t @-@ Eilean Sgiathanach bein a more recent and less common spelling . In 1549 Donald Munro , High Dean of the Isles , wrote of " Sky " : " This Ile callit Ellan Skiannach in Irish , that is to say in Inglish the wyngit Ile , be reason it got mony wyngis and pointis lyand furth fra it , throw thdaividing of thir foirsaid Lochis . " but thedaaning of this Gaelic name unclear .