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Roskearn, Jearna, fhearna, an alder tree. 



Roster, tir, land. 



RosevemL, hhan, ban, white ; heagan, a little. 



Pol, a pool, mud, occurs in Poolvash in the Isle of Man ; and such 

 Irish names as Poolboy, Ballinfoyle, Pollrany ; and in such Scottish 

 names as Polmont, Polldhu, Poltarff. 



The presence of Pol can readily be observed in such Cornish 

 words as these : 



Polbroch, broc, a badger. 



Polcairn, cam, a heap. 



Poldew, dubh, black. 



Poldower, dobhair, water. 



Poldrissick, dreasach, thorny. 



Polhern, iarunn, iron. 



Polkillick, coilleaoh, a rooster. ^ 



Pollick, leac, a flat-stone. 



Pollyne, linne, a pool. 



Polmellin, muileann, a mill. 



Lan. In his Cornish Dictionary, Williams remarks regarding 

 Lan " that its primary meaning was a piece of ground enclosed for 

 any purpose — an area to deposit anything in — a house, a yard, a 

 churchyard." In dealing with the Topography of Wales in a pre- 

 vious paper, I endeavoured to prove on the authority of Dr. Joyce, 

 that lan or la^m is a Gaelic word, and that it does not belong exclu- 

 sively to the Cymry. Lan is often met in the topographical names 

 of Cornwall, e. g. : 



Lanarth, ard, high. 



Lanaton, dun, a hillock. 



Lancarf, garbh, rough. 



Lamdare, darach, oak ; or doire, a thicket. 



Landenner, dun, a hillock ; Mr sior, long. 



Landew, dubh, black. 



Caer, Gaelic Cathair, a city or fortified place, which is of fre- 

 quent occurrence in the Topography of Ireland and Scotland, and to 

 which a very remote origin must be assigned, appears in such Cor- 

 nish names as : — 



Caer Laddon, leathan, broad. 



Carbean, ban, white ; or beagan, a little. 



Carcarick, carraig, a rock. 



