[Spellyans] fleece

[j.mills at email.com]

Lhuyd (1707: 48b) gives "lêụ" for 'colour'. I think we should write this word 'lew'.
Jon


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



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From: nicholas williams <njawilliams at gmail.com>
To: Standard Cornish discussion list <spellyans at kernowek.net>
Sent: Wed, Nov 25, 2009 6:08 pm
Subject: Re: [Spellyans] fleece


Yes lywyow. Though the form is not attested. And 'colour' is lew in CW:
ha frutes teke aga lew CW 1051.


If you spell 'flood' as liv, you will still have lyw 'colour' and lyw 'rudder'.




Nicholas




On 25 Du 2009, at 17:59, Michael Everson wrote:


Recte lywyow pl of 'colour'


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