Landscape Features 7
We
have noted some man-made parts of the landscape. Now let’s have a look at what
is growing wild. Some of the trees and bushes that grow in Cornish hedges,
particularly elder and thorn, feature very frequently in place names (some of
the plurals used are collective nouns and the spelling used is “traditional”):
gwernen (f)
coll. gwern
|
alder
|
annon (f)
pl.
annenwidh
|
ash
|
besowen (f)
coll.
besow
|
birch
|
derowen
pl.
derow
|
|
elowen (f)
coll.
elow
|
elm
|
ewinen (f)
coll.
ewin
|
yew
|
eyrinen (f)
coll.
eyrin
|
sloe
|
eythinen (f)
coll.
eythin
|
furze,
gorse
|
fawen (f)
coll.
faw
|
beech
|
gwinwelen (f)
coll.
gwinwel
|
maple
|
idhyowen (f)
coll.
idhyow
|
ivy
|
kelydnen (f)
coll. kelyn
|
holly
(traditional Cornish Christmas tree!)
|
collen (f)
coll. coll
|
hazel
|
lelygen (f)
coll.
helyk
|
willow
|
pinen (f)
coll.
pin
|
pine
|
saben (f)
coll.
sab
|
fir,
any conifer
|
scawen (f)
coll. scaw
|
elder
|
spernen dhû
coll. spern
dû
|
blackthorn,
sloe tree
|
spernen wydn (f)
coll.
spern gwydn
|
hawthorn
|
No comments:
Post a Comment