[Spellyans] nut

[j.mills at email.com]

Lhuyd (1707: 101c) gives "kynyfan" (i.e. KG's "knowen") as the Cornish for "a nut". Lhuyd (1707: 51c) gives "Guedhan knyfan" for "An hasle-tree".

Jon

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Dr. Jon Mills, 
School of European Culture and Languages, 
University of Kent



-----Original Message-----
From: Craig Weatherhill <weatherhill at freenet.co.uk>
To: Standard Cornish discussion list <spellyans at kernowek.net>
Sent: Thu, Nov 26, 2009 3:31 pm
Subject: Re: [Spellyans] nut


I thought that 'knowen' was an invention by KG that has no precedent. However, it appears that *cnowen, 'nut-tree' occurs in Lhuyd, 51c. Note, however, that this is 'nut-tree', not 'nut'. In which case *knowen, to translate as 'nut', would seem to be a KG invention and inadmissable as truly Cornish. 
 
Craig 
 

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