ban, van, vaddn, vadna, a hill or mountain, also high; vy, gy, gwy, wy, a river; car, kar, ker, a rock, carak, carrik, rocky; li, lê, leh, lu, a place; maen, a stone (pl. vyin, vyyn); gwyn, guin, gwydn, guidn, win, widn, white; theu, deu, dhu, sew, sue, zeu, black; war, var, uar, vor, wor, uor, ver, gor, ar, er, upon; veor, ver, mêr, meer, mear, mere, mor, great; ton, tôn, todn, lay ground, perhaps also a hill; mat, maz, vat, vaz, good; têg, thêk, fair; ber, ver, short; bedh, beth, veth, a grave; ryne, rin, i. q. ruan, the channel of a river; trig, treger (pl. tregerion), an inhabitant. The termination ick is sometimes for guik, a village; at other times it means a stream; but it is also used adjectively, as den, a hill; denn-ick, thenn-ick, hilly. The letters d and dh; g and h; g and u; k and h; and k and j, are liable to permutation.
In the formation of names, the adjective usually stands last: thus, Tresevean, the little town; Tremeer, Tremor, the great dwelling; Trevarthian, the high dwelling.
In treating of surnames geographically derived, it might have been thought sufficient simply to refer to the place whence the surnames have been taken. It however struck me that it would greatly increase the value of this work if the etymology of these geographical names were also given.
At the end of the work I have added some Cornish forms of Baptismal Names.
The Cornish motto in the title-page signifies, "Say little, and say well."
R. S. CHARNOCK.
Gray's Inn,
April, 1870.
