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2026 Day 251

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  2026 Dedh Dew Cans Üdnek ha Dogens De Meurth, ethves mis Gwedngala Tuesday, 8th September Trehys ew an ys. Ma arrish - henn ew gwel leun a sowl. Wòja an glaw ma skyll gwer. Ma neppeth rag an gwarrak dhe dhebry. Nag ew an termyn own, na whath, dhe aras an dor gen jynn-tedna hag arder ha gònis has rag nessa bledhen. Re segh ew an dor whath - ha calys avel carn; avel carn calys. Nag ew an bestes gwarrak godra; lodnow ens rag kig bowin. The corn is cut. There is a stubble field - that is a field full of stubble. After the rain there are green shoots. There is something for the cattle to eat. It is not the right time, not yet, to plough the ground with a tractor and plough and plant seed for next year. The ground is still too dry - and hard as rock; as hard rock. The animals are not dairy cattle; they are bullocks for beef. Deg ger rag hedhyw Ten words for today aras to plough arder (m) plough carn calys (m) hard rock gònis has to sow seed, plant seed gwarrak godra (coll.) dairy ...
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2026 Day 250

  2026 Dedh Dew Cans ha Hanter Cans De Lün, seythves mis Gwedngala Monday, 7th September It is interesting to see how the development of words we use in Cornish can be traced in place names, and how Cornish was progressively replaced by English. This happened noticeably in the old hundreds of Caradon and North Cornwall, adjacent to England. Take the words a-bervedh, en bera, a-bera and bera , which we use for inside or inner : TRESPARRETT (Rospervet 1086)    “middle/ inner roughland” = Rosperveth CUTPARRETT (Cut Pervet 1324) “middle/ inner wood”   = Cuitpervet (OC)  The Old Cornish hard p is still preserved in pervet middle (and t in cuit wood) TREBARWITH (Treberveth 1296) “middle/ inner farm”   = Treberveth Meanwhile p was softening to b in MC berveth TREBARBER (Treberveth 1307) “middle/ inner farm”   = Treberveth   TREBARVAH (P’uthno) (Treberveth 1342) “middle/ inner farm”   = Treberveth   Another simple word that allows us to...
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