2020 Day 143

2020 Dedh Cans Dogens ha Trei

De Gwener, nessa warn ügens mis Me

Friday, 22nd May

Hedhyw, thera vy ow pedery adro dhe gledhedhyow! Nag eus cledha dhebm ow honan, pur dhiogel, ha na wrüga vy besca gweles cledha gwir, marnas en disqwedhva. Bettegens, ma dhebm gwary compûter dhe dreylya a aventur (ha nebes hager-viajow) gen cledha varthys. Scon e vedh parys raga whei dh'y wary, dr'eus esperans dhebm. Cledhedhyow ew arvow pur goth. Dhia pana dermyn?  A-dhia an Romans, ha whath kens hedna. Ellowgh whei gweles havalder tredh an ger Roman (gladius) hag an ger Kernôwek (c/gledha)? Ma lies cledha e'n Beybel Sans.

1 Samuel 25:13

Ha Davyth a leverys dh'y düs, "Gwrens kenyver onan ahanowgh gorra y gledha et y gerhyn!" Hag y oll a wrüg endelha. Ha Davyth a gemeras y gledha ewedh.

Mathew 26:52

Nena Jesu a leverys, "Gorr dha gledha in y woon, rag neb a vewa dre gledha, dre gledha e vedh ledhys.

Ma cledhedhyow marthys en lies lever ha lies fylm, rag sampel "Arlòdh an Besowyer".  

Ma cledha en hencovadh Kernow ewedh - Calesvol, an gledha Metêrn Arthor. Ma fylm Walt Disney, " An Gledha e'n Men", bes gwell ew genam redya lever. Whei oll a dal redya "Best Goon Brèn" gen Alan M. Kent. Lever wheg ewa en dew daves, Sowsnek ha Kernôwek. Da ew genam an lever ma.

Today, I am thinking about swords! I don't have a sword myself, of course, and I have never seen a real sword, except in a museum. However, I have a computer game to translate about an adventure (and some misadventures) with a marvelous sword. Soon it will be ready for you to play it, I hope. Swords are very old weapons. Since when? Since the Romans, and even before that. Can you see a similarity between the Roman word and the Cornish word? There are lots of swords in the Holy Bible.

1 Samuel 25: 13

And David said to his men, “Every man strap on his sword!” And every man of them strapped on his sword. David also strapped on his sword. 

Matthew 26:52

Then Jesus said to him, “Put your sword back into its place. For all who take the sword will perish by the sword.

There are wonderful swords in many books and many films, e.g. "The Lord of the Rings".

There's a sword in Cornish tradition as well - Excalibur, the sword of King Arthur. There is a Walt Disney film, "The Sword in the Stone", but I prefer to read a book. You should all read "The Beast of Bodmin Moor" by Alan M. Kent - it's a lovely book in two languages, English and Cornish. I like this book.

Deg ger rag hedhyw: Ten words for today

arvow weapons

Calesvol Excalibur

disqwedhva (f) museum, exhibition

et y gerhyn about him, in his vicinity, close to him

goon (m)  sheath

Goon Brèn Bodmin Moor

hager-viaj (m) misadventure

havalder (m) similarity

hencovadh (m) tradition

pur dhiogel of course, naturally, it goes without saying