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.