2024 Day 183

2024 Dedh Cans Pajar Ügens ha Trei

De Lün, kensa mis Gorefen

Monday, 1st July

De Sadorn thera vy ow mires orth Dowr Penrynn ha Dowr Carrek dhort lowarth ow mab en Penrynn. Hedhyw theram ow mires orth henwyn ryvars. "Dowr" ew hanow kebmyn, bes e'n est ma henwyn ryvars ow tiwedha "-y" (ha nag eus othom a ûsya an ger "Dowr"). Nebes an re ma ew ragavonyow Dowr Tamar, rag sampel, Enni po Dowr Eny (ryvar enwedh po onn) ha Tüdy (martesen ryvar an düs). Nei a wel gwedh reb Enni, saw ens enwedh? Ha pe le ma'n ryvar du (Duy), ryvar an faw/fowedh (Fowy) ha ryvar leven (Leveny)? Ujy anjei en est ewedh?

On Saturday I was looking at the River Fal from my son's garden in Penryn. Today I am looking at river names. "Dowr" is a common name, but in the east there are river names ending old "-y" (and there is no need to use the word "Dowr"). Some of these are tributaries of the River Tamar, for example, the Inny (ash trees river) and the Tiddy (maybe the people's river). We see trees by the Inny, but are they ash trees? And where are the dark river, the beeches river and the smooth river? Are they in the east too?

Nebes ger rag hedhyw Some words for today

an re ma these

diwedha to end, finish, terminate (d > t)

dowr (m) water, river (used in naming)

Dowr Carrek (PN) Carrick Roads (rock anchorage)

ewedh also, too (SWFM yn wedh)

enwedh (coll.) ash trees > enwedhen (f)

hanow (m) name > (pl.) henwyn

kebmyn common, usual

Penrynn (PN) Penryn (promontory)

ragavonyow tributaries < ragavon (f)

ryvar (m) river (not used for naming)

TREVILLETT (Tredewi water 1536) > Duy  “dark river”

FOWEY (Fawy 1241-1339) > Fowy “beeches river

INNY (Eny c1160 -1328) > Enni or Dowr Eny = “ash trees river”

LUNEY (Lyveny 1318) > Leveny “smooth river”

TIDDY (Tudi 1018) > Tudy (OC) ?“people's river”