2026 Day 222

2026 Dedh Dew Cans Dew warn Ügens

De Lün, degves mis Est
Monday, 10th August

Hedhyw, theram ow mires orth an compes. Ma peder qwarten. Fatel era nei ow codhvos pe qwarten ew Est? Gwrewgh mires orth neb eglos. Puppres ema'n aulter e'n pedn est. Ha lies gweyth ma tour (an clehta) e'n pedn west rag an clegh. Sacrys ew pub eglos dhe sans hy honan. Hemm ew eglos Sen Nyulyn. Hanow an dre en mil pajar cans ha pemdhek a veu "Eglosnyulyn". Lebmyn "Newlyn East" henwys ew, saw rag fra "Est"? Ma "Newlyn" aral reb an mor, pelha tû'a west. Cottha ew avel Eglosnyulyn. Hei a veu an kensa "Newlyn" en mil dew cans pajar ügens ha deg. Thera lydn rag lies gorhel, pol rag an lû, etho "Lûlyn". Nag ew hedna hanow a neb sans. Ma savla buss, saw nag üjy Eglosnyulyn reb an mor ha nag eus lydn rag gorholyon.

Today, I am looking at the compass. There are four points of the compass (four quarters). How do we know which direction is East? Look at any church. The altar is always in the east end. And often there is a tower (the belltower) in the west end for the bells. Each church is dedicated to its own saint. This is the church of St Nyulina. The name of the village in 1415 was "Eglosnyulyn". Now it is called "Newlyn East" - but why "East". There is another "Newlyn" by the sea, further westward. It is older than St Newlyn East. It was the first "Newlyn" in 1290. There was anchorage for many ships, a pool for the fleet, so "Lûlyn". That is not the name of some saint. There is a bus-stop, but Newlyn East is not by the sea and there is no anchorage for ships.

Gerva rag hedhyw Vocabulary for today

clegh (pl) bells < clogh (m)

clehta (m) belltower

compes (m) compass

eglos (f) church

gorhel (m) ship > (pl) gorholyon

lydn (m) pool, anchorage

lû (m) fleet

qwarten (f) compass point, direction

sacra to dedicate > (va) sacrys

savla buss (m) bus-stop

tour (m) tower

tû'a west westward

2026 Day 221

2026 Dedh Dew Cans Onan warn Ügens

De Sül, nawes mis Est

Sunday, 9th August

De a veu jorna nebes besy. Nei a wrüg glanhe nebes chombours ha fittya nebes boos e'n mettin. Wòja hedna, nei eth dhe'n treth gen agan mab ha dew vab wydn. Thera meur a nerth dhe'n flehes, palas toll down, whilas gwrîsow, mos e'n mor ha byldya pilyow awenek a veyn. A venja anjei mantoly? Porthtowan ew treth pur dha rag meyn smoth emesk an treth. En gwelha pres, nag o an dohajedh re dòbm. Thera cloudys lowr e'n eborn ha thera gwens medhel ow whetha.  

 

Yesterday was quite a busy day. We cleaned several bedrooms and prepared some food in the morning. After that, we went to the beach with our son and two grandsons. The children had lots of energy, digging a big hole, looking for crystals, going in the sea and building imaginative piles of stones. Would they balance? Porthtowan is a very good beach for smooth stones among the sand. Fortunately, the afternoon was not too hot for me. There were enough clouds in the sky and a gentle wind was blowing.

2026 Day 220

2026 Dedh Dew Cans hag Ügens

De Sadorn, ethves mis Est
Saturday, 8th August

Eduard Lhuyd a dheth dhe Kernow rag cuntel geryow ha lavarow Kernowek. Y Archaeologica Britannica a veu dyllys en mil seyth cans ha seyth. John Boson a ros dhodho whedhel scrifys gen y sira lies bledhen moy a-varr. Otta an kensa gwers scrifys gen Nicholas Boson ha gen Lhuyd, gen treylyans gen John Boson.

Eduard Lhuyd came to Cornwall to collect Cornish words and sayings. His Archæologia Britannica was published in 1707, John Boson gave him a story written by his father many years earlier. Here's the first verse written by Nicholas Boson and by Lhuyd, with a translation by John Boson.

En Termen ez passiez thera Trigaz en St. Levan; Dean ha Bennen en Tellar creiez chei a Horr.

En termen ez paſſiez τera trigaz en St. Levan, dên ha bennen en teller kreiez Tſhei an hɐr.

In tyme that is passed, there Dwelt in St. Levan a man & woman in a place caled The House of a Ramm.

Otta nebes vercyons moy:

Robert Morton Nance 1929 in "Unified Cornish": 

Y’n termyn üs passyes, yth-esa trygys yn Synt Leven den ha benen, yn tyller cryes Chy an Horth. 

Nicholas Williams 2012 in "Standard Cornish":

 I’n termyn eus passys th’era trigys in Seleven den ha benyn in tyller cries Chy an Hordh.

Here follow some pre-SWF versions in Late Cornish produced by Richard Gendall and Neil Kennedy:

En termen eze passiez thera treegas en St. Levan dean ha benen en tellar creiez Choy a Horr.

En termen ez passiez thera trigaz en St Levan dean ha bennen en telhar kreiez Chei a Horr. 

So here is a possible Late Cornish SWF with traditional graphs.

En termyn eus passyes thera trigas en St Levan den ha benyn en telher creies Chei a' Horr. 

2026 day 219

2026 Dedh Dew Cans ha Nawnjek

De Gwener, seythves mis Est
Friday, 7th August

Thera vy ow redya an whedhel "Jowan Chei a'n Horr". A wrüg Jowan kerdhes reb an meyn ma?  Scrifys veu en kensa gen Nicholas Boson nanj ew termyn hir (seytegves cansbledhen). Ma lies vercyon. Ma kevys genam nebes anodhans en cuntellyans gen Ian Jackson war y wiasva lovinglivingcornish. Meur ras dhis, Ian, rag dha ober da. Ha ma kevys genam whath moy! My a vedn rei sampels avorow.

I am reading the story "John of the Ram's House". Did John walk by these stones? It was written initially by Nicholas Boson a long time ago (17th century). There are many versions. I have found some of them in a collection by Ian Jackson in his website lovinglivingcornish. Thank you Ian for your good work. And I have found even more! I will give examples tomorrow.

https://www.skeulantavas.com/literature/jowan-chy-an-hordh

2026 Day 218

2026 Dedh Dew Cans hag Etek

De Yow, wheffes mis Est

Thursday, 6th August

Na wrüga vy gweles an loor leun e'n eborn nos, saw my alja gweles hanter loor dres an cloudys e'n jedh seythen moy diwedhes. Thera vy ow mires emann hedhyw ewedh. En hav perh cov gwav. Tredan voltach ûhel a res bos gwithys rag damach dhort gwedh en enawellow. Ma nebes gwedh (üdn golwedhen dres ehen) ew re hir. Aga branchys ew re ûhel, re nes dhe'n caplys electrek. Devedhys ew an düs yonk ma dh' aga threhy moy isel. Lebmyn parys o nei rag an gwens!

I didn't see the full moon in the night sky, but I could see a half moon beyond the clouds in the day a week later. I'm looking up today as well. In summer remember winter. High voltage electricity must be protected from  tree damage in storms. There are some trees (especially one hazel tree) that are too tall. Their branches are too high, too close to the electricity cables. These young men have come to cut them lower. Now we are ready for the wind!

2026 Day 217

2026 Dedh Dew Cans ha Seytek

De Merher, pempes mis Est
Wednesday, 5th August

Ma bestes oll adro. Terweythyow nag ens merkyes drefen bos bian. Ma pajar ehen warn ügens a wenen e'n pow ma. Pe lies ew gwelys genowgh? Otta gwenenen vlewek brâs, rüdh hy lost. Pandr'üjy hei ow cül? Üjy hei ow whilas neppeth, po palas toll e'n dor? Calys (calish) ew an dor ena. En ogas ma tycky-Duw war flour pedry pronter. Liwys ew pecar'a gwels marow. Flourys pedry pronter ew da gen gwenen ewedh. Otta dran gen blew rüdhvelyn ha dran aral gen lysten rüdhvelyn war y geyn.

There are animals all around. Sometimes they are not noticed because they are small. There are 24 species of bees in this country. How many have you seen? Here's a big hairy bee, with a red tail. What is she doing? Is she looking for something or digging a hole in tha ground? The ground there is hard. Nearby is a butterfly on a knapweed flower. It's coloured like dead grass. Bees like knapweed flowers, too. Here's a bumblebee with orange hairs and another bumblebee with an orange stripe on its back.

2026 Day 216

2026 Dedh Dew Cans ha Whetek

De Meurth, pajwora mis Est

Tuesday, 4th August

Coynt ew, gweles an tycky-Duw nos teg ma e'n termyn an jedh. Ma va ow neyja e'n termyn an nos. Ma liwans cüdh dhe'n gowdhan bleyn liw treth. Ma mir dhodho pecar'a sethen derrys dhort besowen wydn. My alja y weles war ow yet. My a wrüg y dhegy dhe vos, ha straft tho va cüdhys. Na wra va bewa termyn hir. Na wra va gwavy - còsca dres an gwav. Eus oyow po preves del dhodho solabres? An preves del a res debry lies delen. Üjy anjei en lowarth vy po en lowarth kentrevek? Res ew dhebm whilas preves del war dhelkyow. Anjei ew melyn ha dû. Pupa a dal gwavy dadn an dor, rag dos mes nessa bledhen.

It is strange, seeing this beautiful moth in the daytime. It flies in the night time. The buff-tip moth has cryptic colouration. It looks like a broken twig from a silver birch tree. I could see it on my gate. I carried it to a wall, and it was hidden straight away. It won't live a long time. It will not hibernate - sleep over the winter. Does it already have eggs or caterpillars? The caterpillars must eat a lot of leaves. Are they in my garden or in a neighbour's garden? I must look for caterpillars on leaves. They are yellow and black. A pupa should hibernate under the ground, to come out next year.