Blair Collection > Archaeologia Britannica, giving some account additional to what has been hitherto publish'd, of the languages, histories and customs of the original inhabitants of Great Britain

TIT.J. COMPARATIVE ETYMOLOGY,
Obs. I. Sense Of Words
Deviated.
Lhcs, frojit i good fer-vicei It. Lei-
as, Cure, remedy.
Kyvoeth, [iSc Kymoth] mcha;
Ir. KuvaAjd, Poioer.
Gudhv, A 'Neck i It. fKiuh, a
head
Lhvg, Lig'^t i Ir. La, JD^;-.
Davad, A Sheep; Ir. Dav, <t« Ox-
D3.nx.,ATootbi Ir.fDmt, a morfel.
Tavod, ^ Towgae ; Ir. Dead, a jam.
Dry;K, A Looking-gUfsi Ir. Dreak
ir« Image or Statue.
Eira,5»o5»iIr. Er6g&Oire6g, If^-
Gavel, Holt; Ir. Gaval; a Fork.
Trogan., A Tike [Lat Ricinus]
Ir. Dearagan, a Flea.
Dilhad, Affarel ; Ir. Diallaid, a
Saddle.
E N G L I H.
Such Occurrences are no lefs fre-
quent in rejpeH nf the Ancient and
Obs. II. Words Obsolete Obs. II. Words Obsolete
\ r»i.- V I A r K n. In SoM E Dialects, And
Retaind In Others.
Detr ; but toa! formerly any Beafi;
tho' froperly, iu it jJ^ouldfeem, £-
quivalent to Animal; as is yet the
■tpord Thier in the High-Dutch.
So the VVeljh, Hydh and Irifi
Fiadh, -which fignifies a Stag;
feenis but the fame vith the Gerr
man Viehj Vecus.
f Han c?" Manna [novtoritten Henj
tons us' d fur Cock as rpell as Hen ;
?p/v»f?Han-cred//.'c time ofcock-
croTPtng, Holt-hana, a Jf-'ood-coci,
&c. As is fill the German Han,
and Dutch, Haen.
fBriddc [or Bird'\ teas the young of
any Fowl; as a Chick, a GoJlmgMc.
O B S E R V A T. II.
To this Obfervatiov ( which as well
Modern Eng/ijh : as SPe find by the \ at the reft that follow, might be in-
foUorcing Examples. \finitly exemplified out of thefi and
fCneoht or Cniht; was not an-\ other La?iguages ) we may fubjoin
. i'mitly any Title of Ho?iour ; but \ that of words growing to difuje in
pgnifed at firfl a Boy or Xouth; \one Dialed., but continued mothers.
as L'eorning ( hliht, a School-boy, i In an old Cornijk * Vocabulary at the
and afterwards {as it does yet in Cotten library, 1 found (amongfi
theDanilh)aServa7it, for Ccft- many more) the following Britijh
cnihtas were Market-Staves. words , which are vow difus'd by the
t Ealdur I or Elder] was us'd for- ' Cornilh . but fill imderjlood by the
merly for a Prince
f Cwen, A7iy woman ; Eald cuen,
an old woman. Properly afiy Fe-
male.
■f< Man was anciently apply'd to both
Sexes : oi W if-man, a woman ; a j
•wife ; Maeden-man, a maid, &c
t Orzfignifted a Coyn as well as Ozr;
but the former Acceptation is now
Obfolete.
f Beam was any Tree, -whence the
prefent Acceptation of it for the
Lat. Trabs. Cillen-beam was a
Chefnut-Tree, Ciris-beam a cher-
ry-tree, Elen-beam an Olive-tree.
And hence the names of Horn-
beam and Quicken-beam, ftillm
uf".
t Clugga [whence the word Clock]
fig7!ified anciently, a Bell.
I Cnaep, Abutton ; whencethe name
of the Herb Knapweed.
\'^\m,Number ; whence Rim-craeft,
Arythmetic : Hence Rime or
Rhythm,/**- meeter.
t Ham {or home] fignified a houfe :
Hamwyrc the herb houfe-leek.
t Leac [ now Leek ] feems to have
fignified formerly any Pot-herb ,
for we find a Garden was called
Leac- tune : and a Gardener Leac-
weard ; imlefs we Jhould rather
fuppofe that Lceks might have
been the Herbs of Greatefl ufe a-
mongft the old Englijh ; and that
they therefore call d their Gardens
mijh.
jAbtT,Thefallofa lejfer water into
a greatter ; as of a Brook into a
River or Ltjke ; or of a River ijito
the Sea.
t Altruan, j' Wall. Elhdreuin ] A
Step-mother.
fAnkar, A Hermit.
tAnia;>;j If'cak, Infirm.
fBaedh, A Boar.
t Bardh, A Mimic k or Jejier [ W .
a Poet. ]
f Bath, Cow ; a7id Bathor, a Coyner.
fBeler [Wal. Beair] Crejfes.
t Blaidh, A mif.
fKadiir, A Souldier , a Champion.
f Kaith , A Servant ; a Slave :
Kaithes, a Mayd.
fKall, Crafty or cunning.
fKaurvar;t, A Camel.
t Keiiok leden, A Grafs-hopper .
t Kelli, A Grove.
f Kinedhel , A Generation.
t Kiuydduyvron, The breafi-.
t Kor, A Dwarf.
t Koneiriok, Mad, DiflraHed.
t Kreis, A Shirt or Smock.
t Kryk, A tnmp or hillock.
fKyniav [ Wall. Kynhaiav 1 ..^«-
tumn.
fKydhon, APigeon. Hinc Wall.
Ylgythan.
t Dar, An Oak
t Dehoules, Suutherjmood.
t Deneuoid, A Bullock.
t Diogel, Secure.
fEhog, A Salmon.
In Some Dialects, And
Retaind In OriiEk's.
fGonidog, AServmt. "• '
t Grygys, A Girdk.
t Grou, Gravel.
fCurah, An old womav
fGulad, ACountrey.
t Hail, Liberal .
fllbd. Below.
tLanher;^^ A Fore]}.
t LaU, A hand.
tLeith [Wal. Lhuych] A Tribe
or Family.
t Les [Wal. Lhys] fcr;;og, A bur.
fLes duflbg [q. d. Wal Lhvieyin
y Tyuylog ] Betovy. .
t Lcverith, Sweet Mlk.
t Ly, An Army.
t Maur, Great.
t Mehin ; Eard: The fat of Bacon.
iM.i\, An A?iimal.
t Moroin, A Girl.
tMorvil, AP0Mle,
■\ Moelh, A Black-bird.
fNans, A l^alley.
tPais, A Coat.
t Per, A furnace ; a CauUlrOTi.
fPrvdydh, A Poet.
t Ruy, A Prina:
tRyd, WF(J>-./.
t Steve!, A chamber.
tTaJ;i;, Bran; Furfures. Q_^
tTelein, A Harp.
\Xoxx,ARoe; WaII,Turx,<«X<?e-
Buck; & lyr^jes, a Roe.
Leek-Towns, &c
I Mora was once us'd for a Carrot; j f Eler;(<;, A Swan
■ whence Wald-mora, Dau:i(s or \ f Eleftren, Sedge or Water Flag.
Wild Carrot; but properly moor t Euig, AHinde.
was any Root ; and is fo us'd yet \ f Fiol, A Cup.
iufeveral Parts of Englayid. \ f Flair, A Smell So in the Armbric,
fDcor or Deer] is now appropriat- ! Flacraf mad, To /mill well, Scc.
ed to the Cervinum genus , as ["f Gallydhog, Mighty ; Putfant.
Fallow Dear , Red Deer , Rain \ Gelvyn, A Bill ; a beak.
" Bib Coc. Vclpaf. A 14..
Words of common Ufe now in Corn-
wall, thai Occur r ir. OldWelflj Ma-
nufiripti, but are r.zrely or 7iot atall
us'd at prefent infbeaki7ig or -writing
Weljb
Armor, A Wave.
Kala, Straw.
Idhen, A bird. Wal.fEderj.
Skavarn, An Ear ; whence our Sky-
varnog, A Hare.
Kon, A Supper. Wal | Kuynas.
Gudzhygan, A black Puddmg, from
the old word Guaedogen, of the
fame fgnificatioTi.
Gow, A lye; Wal \ Gay :
Pd« varno Dovydh, dhydh htr,
Towylhvydk gay,gol<e guir. Lh.h.
Guak, Alyer; q.d. Wal. Gayog.
1\iik,AFarmer, a Plowman. Wal
t Taeog.
K6th,0/(/. Sic Wal. Antiq. Dav. in
Di(ft. Brit, ex Libra Landavenfi.
Gwarthav, The Top or fummit of
anything. This is retaind injorne
part of Wales.
Heves, AJh-.rt or Jkock.
Krou , A hut. Sec Krou moh , a
hog-Jlte.
Hueg, .yiTff^ Wal. t AJUeg; xohevce
the Proverb : ^tUeg mel, ;sUerU
pan dalcr.
Lolt, ATayl: W- f Lhoftlydan,
a Beaver. K. H.
Myhtern, A King ; Wal. f My;c-
deyrn, A Monarch.
Guav, Winter ; anciently in Glamor-
gauii'ire,Gsiev,as appears from the
following words in a Donation to
the church of Lin Daf, regifier'd
in the margin of a Manufcript
Latin