2025 Dedh Dogens ha Whegh
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De Sadorn, pemdhegves mis Whevrel
Saturday, 15th February
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 | Kernôwek 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 | grüglon (f) > grüg (coll.) | a heather plant (Erica) |
kekezza | A variety of heath | kekesow (coll.) | Cornish heath (in picture) |
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