 In the Norse <unk> Skye is called <unk> , for example in the <unk> saga <unk> and a <unk> poem in the <unk> from c . 1230 contains a line that translates as " the hunger battle @-@ birds were filled in Skye with blood of <unk> killed " . The island was also referred to by the Norse as <unk> ( <unk> isle ) , <unk> or <unk> ( isle of cloud ) . The traditional Gaelic name is An t @-@ Eilean Sgitheanach ( the island of Skye ) , An t @-@ Eilean <unk> being a more recent and less common spelling . In 1549 Donald Munro , High Dean of the Isles , wrote of " Sky " : " This Ile is <unk> <unk> <unk> in Irish , that is to say in <unk> the <unk> Ile , be reason it has <unk> <unk> and <unk> <unk> <unk> <unk> it , throw the dividing of <unk> <unk> <unk> . " but the meaning of this Gaelic name is unclear . 
