550 Rev. Mr Williams on one Source of the 



Collis, a hill, from Cum. Col, (vid. Ow. Diet.) " any projecting body, a peak," 

 whence 



Columna, Cum. Col-ov and colov-yn, (vid. do.) " a stem or stalk, a prop.' 1 These may 

 not necessarily be Cumrian, as the Greek -/.okwn seems derivable from a common 

 root. But assuredly the Cumrian is the only one which has kept the root to this 

 day ; Colla also is " the awns of barley ." Collum, " a neck," should be referred 

 to the same root. 



Froenum, *' a bridle," Cum. Frwyn, from Froen ; plur. Froena?, "nostrils." The 

 first bridle was a ring through the cartilage of the nostrils, to which the reins 

 were attached. 



Frustbo and Frustror, to disappoint, to baffle, to prevent, from Cum. Rhwystro, 

 (vid. Ow. Diet.) to go before, to obstruct, to hinder; root,- Rhwystyr, "oppo- 

 sition, hinderance, impediment, an obstacle." 



Maceria, " any wall inclosing grounds." " Paries sub dio positus ad sepiendos hortos, 

 villas, vineta, et hujuscemodi, sive ex calce fiat, sive sicco lapide construatur." 

 The last would have been the mode of construction originally in use, whence the 

 name. H. Lloyd, under Maceria, has " Magwyr," a dry wall of stones without 

 mortar. But Magwyr is generally called " Y. Vagwyr," i. e. gwag-viir (vacu-us 

 mur-us) a wall not closely connected, having intervals. This is exemplified by 

 the Latin cognate word, Vacerrae, a paling of hurdle-work used as fences in fields, 

 and by the Welsh, Gwagar, a sieve formed by slips of wood, with intervals be- 

 tween, crossing each other at right angles. 



Miror, to wonder at, to gaze on, from Cum. Miraz, " to see," (vid. H. Lloyd's Brit. 

 Etymologicon). The Spanish language also keeps the primitive meaning, " mirar." 

 to see. Nay, even the modern Italian has, as in many other instances, retained 

 the older meaning, " mirare," to view or behold, while there are but faint traces 

 of the secondary meaning, which alone is found in classical writers. The root is 

 the Cum. Mir, " what is fair or bright." Mirror also comes from the primitive 

 meaning. 



Mola, a mill. For the origin of this word we are referred to the Greek /mvXti, which 

 gives us no new information. The Cum. " Mai" means what is reduced into small 

 particles, bruised or ground. Hence, " Malu", " to reduce small, to grind." And 

 a longer form, Maluri, " to bruise, break, or pound." Hence, both the stones 

 and the teeth, Molares. 



Mox, quickly, soon after. A word left in the Latin language without a single relation 

 to express its source. The root is the Cum. Moch, " ready, quick." (Vid. Ow. Diet.) 

 " Moch dysg nawv Mab hwyad," in Latin, " Cito' 1 or " Mox discet nare filius 

 anatis." 



M actus, honoured, increased, said to be derived from " magis augeo," which assuredly 

 would never give, especially in older times, the word Mactus. The Latin philo- 

 logists seem at an early period to have confounded this old participle from an ob- 

 solete verb, with the frequentative macto mactare, to slaughter. The cognates of 



