 In the Norse sagas Skye is called , for example in the  and a skaldic poem in the 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 (misty isle), or (isle of cloud).The traditional Gaelic name is (the island of Skye), being a more recent and less common spelling.