[Spellyans] Multiple adjectives after feminine nouns

[Eddie Climo]

On 16 Mer 2009, at 18:47, Michael Everson wrote:
>> I was told a while ago by someone whose Cornish is far better than  
>> mine (not a difficult achievement, mind!) that I absolutely could  
>> not start a sentence with 'Yn meth ...' because it was 'not  
>> attested in the historical corpus'. Someone else suggested that it  
>> was in fact attested, and in the best-known piece of Cornish prose  
>> there is: Jowan Chy an Horth. I checked, and that is so.
>
> It starts a *clause* in Jowan Chy an Horth. It does not stand in  
> absolute initial position. There is a difference.

That happens not to be so. If you look in John Page's edition, you'll  
find it starting at least 2 sentences, as I stated. Look at p.15 l.13,  
and p.35 l.1

There may be other instances in this book, but these 2 are certain.

It also starts at least 2 main clauses.

Eddie Foirbeis Climo
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Dres ethom akennow byner re bons lyeshes
Accenti non multiplicandi praeter necessitatem

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