2024 Day 177

 2024 Dedh Cans Trei Ügens ha Seytek

De Meurth, pempes warn ügens mis Efen

Tuesday, 25th June











Ma yeyn nowodhow dhen hedhyw. Trûan oma dhe scrifa hebma. Golow spladn an tavas Kernowek ew devüdhys. Ma coll brâs dhe nei. Mina Dresser a verwas de. Bardhes an Orsedh, benyn a vry o hei e'n derevyans Kernôwek Diwedhes. Cowethes ha deskybel Richard Gendall o hei, ha hei a wrüg hy gwelha dhe radna y skians ha descasow. Ogas dhe ügens bledhen kens lebmyn Mina ha cowethesow, gwiskys avel metydhyon bal, era en Redrüdh owth argemedna an tavas ha'n Cussül an Tavas Kernôwek. Dedhyow da ens, ow tesky Kernôwek gen Mina.











We have bad news today. I am sad to write this. A bright light of the Cornish language is extinguished. We have a great loss. Mina Dresser died yesterday. A Bard of the Gorsedd, she was a significant woman in the Late Cornish revival. She was a friend and student of Richard Gendall, and she did her best to share his knowledge and teachings. Nearly twenty years ago Mina and friends, dressed as bal maidens, were in Redruth advertising the language and the Cornish Language Council. They were good days, learning Cornish with Mina. 

Deg ger rag hedhyw Ten words for today

an Orsedh the Gorsedd

argemedna to advertise

a vry significant

coll brâs (m) great loss

derevyans (m) revival

descasow teachings < descas (m)

diwedhes late

skians (m) knowledge, wisdom

trûan sad, sorrowful

yeyn nowodhow bad news 

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