Saturday, 15 February 2025

2025 Day 46

2025 Dedh Dogens ha Whegh














De Sadorn, pemdhegves mis Whevrel
Saturday, 15th February

Da ew genam ow lever bian gen geryow coth en radnyeth Kernow. Otta nebes anodhans, gen geryow e'n tavas Kernowek rag comparyans. 

I like my little book with old words in the Cornish dialect. Here are some of them, with words in the Cornish language for comparison.

radnyeth 

1895

stiryans meaning

KernĂ´wek 

2025

Sowsnek 

addlegutter 

A dirty or offensive pool or drain 

 Could use hybrid adalgutter

(see attal)

waste pipe, sewer 

aglan, aglet > haglan tree 

Fruit of the hawthorn tree 

ogan (coll.) > oganen (f)

haw or rose hip

attle 

 

Rubbish, refuse (a mining term) 

attal

mine or mineral waste, slag

bannel 

 

The broom (plant) 

banal (coll.) > banallen (f) 

broom 

biskey 

A biscuit 

 

bisky (m) 

biscuit 

bulljig, bullhorn 

A snail 

bulhorn (m), buljig (m) 

snail 

bully 

A pebble 

 

bily (coll.) > bilien (f) 

pebbles 

grey bird 

A song thrush 

mola las (f) 

song thrush, grey bird 

griglans  

Dried stalks of heath 

grĂĽglon (f) > grĂĽg (coll.) 

a heather plant (Erica) 

kekezza 

A variety of heath 

kekesow (coll.) 

Cornish heath (in picture)




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