ANCIENT NAMES OF THE BAYS, ETC. 



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The names are numbered for the sake of reference. 



Ar Arabic. 



B Bay. 



Br Breton. 



C Creek. 



Ch Chaldee. 



CI Cliff. 



Com. . . Compare. 



Dan Danish. 



Der Derived. 



Dim. ..Diminutive. 



Du Dutch. 



Bng English. 



Fig Figuratively. 



Fr French. 



Ger German. 



ABREVIATIONS. 



Gr Greek. 



Heb Hebrew. 



I Island or islet. 



lc Icelandic. 



Ir Irish. 



It Italian. 



Kel Keltic. 



Lat Latin. 



L. lat. . .Low latin. 



Lit Literally. 



Nor Norwegian. 



N. Fr. . .Norm.-French. 

 O. Fr. ..Old French. 



Obs Obsolete. 



P Point of land. 



PI Plural. 



Port. ..Portuguese. 



Pr Pronounced. 



Prov. ..Proverb. 

 Prove. . .Provencal. 



B Rock. 



S. Spot on the i 



San Sanskrit. 



Sp Spanish. 



Sw Swedish. 



Syr Syriac. 



Trans. . .Translation. 



Teu Teutonic. 



V Valley. 



W Welsh. 



GUERNSEY. 



The word Guernsey is said to be der. from the Br. kerniowe or kernioue, 

 horn or angle -shaped island. The form of the island is that of a harp or 

 right-angled triangle, Br. kom, hern, horn. The final e — ey or ay, signifies 

 island, ow or ou is the pi. termination. Com. w. corn, angle, anything pro- 

 jecting ; cornel, angle, corner ; Heb., queren ; Gr., keras ; Lat., cornu, horn. 



ST. PETER -PORT. 



1.— Le Chateau Cornet (Castle Cornet).— The following note appears in 

 Tupper's History of Guernsey, p. 77. "According to the Glossaire de la 

 Langue Romane (Paris, 1808) the word Comet, from the eleventh to the 

 sixteenth century, signified lieu retire, cache, a retired place, secluded, or 

 which may also bear the interpretation of a place of refuge, and we think 

 it far possible that the castle took its name from that of the islet, which 

 is said to have been called Cornet before it was fortified. Mr. G. Metivier 

 states that " Cornez," when written in full, was the bas. Br. Gourenes, a 

 half isle or holm, o. Fr., Heaume, whence the Holm-beach opposite, le 

 Gallet-Hiaume. Truberville, one of our wardens under the early Planta- 

 genets, dated a letter from this castle under the dim. name of Houmet, 

 the small holm. There formerly existed some manuscript accounts in Fr. 

 of the dedication of the various parish churches in the island, entitled 

 " La Dedicace des Eglises," by which it appears that Sir Peter Cornet was 

 Governor of Guernsey in the year 1312 ; and if these accounts were not 

 now considered of most doubtful authority — of being indeed barefaced 

 fabrications of names — we should rather derive the name of the castle 

 from this functionary. It is related in the Dedicace, that at the conse- 

 cration of the Church of St. Peter-Port, there were sixteen brothers of the 

 name of Cornet, the sons of the same father and mother ! Most probably 

 this is also fabulous, and certain it is that the name of Cornet, if it ever 

 existed in Guernsey, has long been extinct there." 

 " Gouernez " means " angle of fear." 



2.— Les Tremies (or Termies).— R. Probably Kel. "The troughs" or 

 perhaps "boundaries." 



3. — FeriCO. — R. A Kel. word. " Strong rock." 



4.— Forien.— R. Possibly der. from Fr. foraine, " road badly sheltered." 



5.— Huitriere.— R. " Oyster rock." 



6.— Moulinet.— R. Kel. "Rounded." Br., moul. 



