De Gwener, ethves warn ügens mis Est
Friday, 28th August
Pandr’eus gwelys genam e’n mettin ma? Reb an eglos my a drouvyas crows pur goth na wrüga vy merkya kens lebmyn. Devedhys ew hei dhort Arethva Perran e’n tewednow dew vildir alebma. Pes bloodh ew hei? Well! Martesen bloodh hei ew naw cans po mil. Perran a dheuth dhe Gernow dhort Wordhen e’n wheffes cansbledhen. Martesen ev a dhewisas telher sans dhe dherevel. Y arethva o ûsyes nebes cansbledhednyow – terebo encledhys gen tewednow. Complys ew en Lever Domesday (mil pajar ügens ha whegh) avel Lanpiran. Eglos nowydh a veu derevys en ogas e’n dewdhegves cansbledhen – ha hedna a veu encledhys ewedh. Brâssa radn an meyn hei a veu dres ha derevys arta obma. Palys ew an eglos encledhys. An arethva encledhys a veu palys, encledhys arta (termyn an grows vian ma a veu dres dh’y thelher nowydh), nena palys arta. Ew hobma an grows gottha en Kernow? Ew hedna an greuv po an keyn? Garow ew hei – o hei trehys en termyn eus passyes? Whei ell gweles magoryow an arethva ha’n eglos goth e’n tewednow whath, mor kra whei aga trouvya!
What have I seen this morning? By the church I found a very old cross I hadn’t spotted before. It came from St Piran’s Oratory in the dunes two miles away. How old is it? Well! Perhaps it is nine hundred or a thousand years old. St Piran came to Cornwall from Ireland in the sixth century. Perhaps he chose a holy place to build. His oratory was used for several centuries - until it was buried by sand dunes. It is mentioned in the Domesday Book (1086) as Lanpiran. A new church was built nearby in the twelfth century – and that was buried too. Most of its stones were brought and rebuilt here. The buried church has been excavated. The buried oratory was excavated, reburied (when this little cross was brought to its new place), then excavated again. Is this the oldest cross in Cornwall? Is this the front or the back? It’s rough – was it carved in the past? You can still see the ruins of the oratory and the old church in the dunes – if you find them!
Deg ger rag hedhyw: Ten words for today
arethva (f) oratory < areth (f) speech, oration
brâssa radn a most of
dhewisas chose < (verb) dewis
encledhys buried < (verb) encledhyas
greuv (m) front of body, face
keyn (m) back
magoryow (plural) ruins
merkya ~ markya to notice, spot, mark
palas to excavate, dig > (verbal adjective) palys
Wordhen Ireland
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