2024 Day 324

2024 Dedh Trei Hans Pajar warn Ügens

De Meurth, nawnjegves mis Dû 

Tuesday, 19th November 

Goraswonys ew Kernow rag sten ha olcadnow erel dhort y story balweyth ha whelober. E'n Gwithty Riel Kernow en Truru whei ell gweles ingots a sten. Re wadn ew sten dhe vos ûsyes y hònan oll - saw gen olcadnow erel warbarth ma va ow kil aloys (kesolcadnow) marthys. Meurgerys ens gen artystys ha creftoryon. An keun brons en Redrüdh ew formys haval dhe'n bombadys towlys dhe ves gen tüs bal. Ha my a aspyas kei deffrans en tavern de - bottel gwin gen côta pewter.

Cornwall is very well known for tin and other metals through its mining and manufacturing history. In the Royal Cornwall Museum in Truro you can see ingots of tin. Tin is too weak to be used all alone - but together with other metals it makes wonderful alloys. They are popular with artists and craftsmen. The bronze dogs in Redruth are formed like discarded miners' wellingtons. And I espied a different dog in a tavern yesterday - a wine bottle with a pewter coat.

Deg ger rag hedhyw Ten words for today 

balweyth (m) mining

bombadys boots, wellingtons < bombad (m) (dialect)

brons (m) bronze

cober (m) copper (Latin cuprum, chem. Cu)

goraswonys very well known 

gwadn weak > re wadn

olcadnow metals < olcan (m) > kesolcan (m) alloy

pewter (m) pewter

plobm (m) lead (Latin plumbum, chem. Pb)

sten (m) tin (Latin stannum, chem. Sn)

story (m) history

2024 Day 323

2024 Dedh Trei Hans Trei warn Ügens 

De Lün, etegves mis Dû 

Monday,18th November 

Fatel ellama descrifa an gewer hedhyw? Nag eus bes üdn ger - loos! An ebòrn ew comolek ha'n ayr ew leun a law pecar'a ligyn. Na via whans dhe nagonan gweles foto tirwedh lebmyn. Gleb ew an dor. Nei a dhebras kidnyow da en Blackwater gen ow diw hôr wheg, saw nag era vy nevra kemeres fotos a'm boos ha nag eus gwel dramatyk veth dhe Blackwater. De Gwener a veu deffrans ort hedhyw. Howldrevel a bayntyas an commol rosliw. De Yow thera glebor war an gwels; na dagrow glaw na ligyn bes glouthednow, pecar'a adamantys bian.

How can I describe the weather today? There is only one word - grey! The sky is cloudy and the air if full of rain, like mist. The ground is wet. Nobody would want to see a landscape photo now. We ate a good dinner in Blackwater with my two sisters-in-law, but I never take photos of my food and Blackwater has no dramatic scenery. Friday was different from today. Sunrise painted the clouds pink. On Thursday there was moisture on the grass; not rain drops or mist but dewdrops, like little diamonds.

Deg ger rag hedhyw Ten words for today 

comolek cloudy, overcast < commol (coll.) clouds

deffrans ort different from

descrifa to describe

glaw (m) rain (a law of rain) > dagrow glaw raindrops

gleb wet, damp, moist > glebor (m) moisture

glouthednow dew drops < glouthen (f) < glouth

gwelow scenes, scenery, views < gwel (mf)

hôr wheg (f) sister-in-law > pl. horydh wheg

ligyn (m) mist

rosliw pink, rose-coloured

tirwedh (f) landscape

2024 Day 322

2024 Dedh Trei Hans Dew warn Ügens 

De Sül, seytegves mis Dû 

Sunday,17th November 

Terweythyow my a wel neptra en pelder ha my a vedn goven, "Pandr'ew hedna?". An mappa ma ew gwerik. Dhort chei agan mab, ogas dhe'n savla tren Penryn, nei ell gweles meyn bedhow war vena. Henn a dal bos Eglos-hay "Glebe", martesen. (Glebe ew ger Sowsnek.) Ma lies scath-gool war an dowr ewedh. Dhort Falmeth (Aberfala) de nei alja gweles (theram ow pedery) Chei Trevissome - trigva Mester Dowman, perhen Cutty Sark, famos gorhel-gòlyow. Saw nag ew an gwreck gossednek na an Cutty Sark!

Sometimes I see something in the distance and I want to ask, "What is that?". This map is useful. From our son's house, near Penryn railway station, we can see gravestones on a hillside. That should be the "Glebe" Cemetery, perhaps. (Glebe is an English word.) There are many sailing boats on the water too. From Falmouth yesterday we could see (I think) Trevissome House - dwelling of Captain Dowman, the owner of the Cutty Sark, a famous sailing ship. But that rusty wreck is not the Cutty Sark!

Geryow rag hedhyw Words for today 

en pelder in the distance

famos famous

gorhel-gòlyow (m) sailing ship

gossednek rusty

gwerik helpful, useful

gwreck (m) (ship)wreck

mena (m) hillside

meyn bedhow gravestones < men bedh (m)

neptra ~ neppeth something 

Penrynn (PN) Penryn, promontory

savla tren (m) train/railway station

scath-gool (m) sailing boat

terweythyow sometimes

trigva (f) dwelling, abode, residence, etc.