2024 Day 128

2024 Dedh Cans Eth warn Ügens

De Meurth, seythves mis Me

Tuesday, 7th May

En termyn eus passyes thera tobmen gen vorr gledher warnedhy. Hedhyw ma lies gwedhen saw nag eus na trenys na cledher. Termyn ow gour veu maw ev a gemeras tren dhort Truru bys en Peran Porth. Tredh an dobmen-ma ha'n vorr thera ryvar bian ha gwernyk. Whath ma gwern, bes lebmyn, tredh an dobmen ha'n ryvar bian, ma trolergh segh ledan (rag diwrosow ha mergh ewedh). Henn ew "Lergh an Sans". Meurgerys ew ev gen kerdhoryon keun ha gen diwrosoryon. Na wra nei trobla an cülyek hos. Na ellen nei gweles an hos. 

Ma henwyn teleryow gen "gwern" ettans.  

   

In a time that is passed there was an embankment with a railway on it. Today there are lots of trees but there are neither trains nor rails. When my husband was a boy he took the train from Truro to Perranporth. Between this embankment and the road was a little river and a wet area with alder trees. There are still alders, but now, between the embankment and the little river, there is a wide dry footpath (for bicycles and horses too). This is the Saints Way. It is very popular with dogwalkers and with cyclists. We will not trouble the drake. We cannot see the duck.

There are place names with "alders" in them.

Deg ger rag hedhyw Ten words for today

cledher (col.) rails > cledhren (f)

cülyek hos (m) drake < hos (m) duck

diwrosoryon cyclists < diwroser (m) > diwrosores (f) > diwrosoresow

gwernyk ~ gwarnyk (f) wet area with alders < gwern (col.) alders

kerdhoryon walkers < kerdher (m) > kerdhores (f) > kerdhoresow

lergh (m) way

tobmen (f) embankment, earthen bank (t>d)

trobla to trouble, annoy, disturb, etc.

trolergh (m) footpath

vorr ~ fordh gledher (f) railway (some use hens hôrn (m)) 

Place names from Craig Weatherhill:

Collective gwern > singular gwernen (Latin Alnus) 

 

LEWARNE (Lanwern 1184): Nant Wern (OC) “alders valley” 

PENWARNE (Mawnan): Penwern “end/top of alder trees” 

PENWARNE (Mevagissey): Penwern “end/top of alder trees” 

ROSEWARNE (Gwinear): Roswern “roughland with alders” 

 

The singular gwernen is found less commonly, as is double plural gwernow and other derivative gwernek. 

LUXULYAN (Werman c1200): Dowr Gwernan “alder tree river” 

PORTHGUARNON: Porth Gwernen "alder tree cove" 

LOWER MOORS (Scilly) (Gwernewgavell 1652): Gwernow Gaverhal “snipe’s alder marsh” 

GWARNICK (Gwernek c1400): Gwernek “alder-grove”