[Spellyans] Goat

[nicholas williams]

‘Goat’
The only attestations I can find are:

Gavar ‘Capra [nanny goat]’ AB: 46b, 291b
Gavar, A goat, Gever [pl.] AB: 243a
Gever, Gever ul [pl.] Nicholas Boson [ul = oll]
ley, oghan, devas, ha gyffras [pl.] TH 27a

The dialect word gayver means ‘sea crayfish’ < *gavar mor.

On 4 Apr 2009, at 15:40, Michael Everson wrote:

> gavar, pl gever, gyfras

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