300 ANCIENT NAMES OF THE BAYS, ETC. 



7.— Vermiere.— K. The pier leading to Castle Cornet is built on a part of 

 this rock. 1. Verm, a worm used for bait; o. Fr., verme ; It., verme, a 

 worm. 2. On the other hand the word may be traced to a Kel. origin, 

 signifying " pointed " ; Br., vern, heap, point, mast; gwern, mast; W., 

 gwernen, mast of a ship. 



8.— La pierre de Havelet.— R. See 10. 



9. — Le Galet Heaume (or Hiaume). — Fr., galet, a pebble. A beach with a 

 mass of stones ; galet, dim. of o. Fr., gal, large pebble ; Heb., gal, a heap 

 of stones ; gal, der. from galal, to turn, move forward, roll away. For 

 hiaume, see 1 (note on Castle Cornet) . The latter word may also be traced 

 to a Kel. origin, signifying lit. "the most ancient." This beach has 

 ceased to exist since the construction of the new harbour, but the locality 

 still bears the name. 



10. — Havelet Bay. — Hav. can be traced to a Scandinavian origin; Dan., 

 hav., the sea. It may also be Kel. The meaning seems to be "very 

 small bay or arm of the sea." 



11.— Le Creux a la morte femme. 



12.— La boue a la morte femme.— R. The term boue is Kel. The 

 ordinary meaning is " sunken rock," in some cases " white rock." 



13. — Le PisSOt. — Perhaps a word der. from an onomatopoeia analogous to the 

 Ger., zischeln, to whistle ; or a Kel. word signifying lit. "the fingers " ; 

 Br., biziad, bizied ; W., bysedd. 



14.— La Valette.— B. 



15.— La pointe des TerreS.— P. Terres, perhaps der. from Br., terri, to 



bury, intercept, shut out. I believe there was no lower thoroughfare 



before the construction of the new harbour. 

 16.— Le Creux a tarre.— Tarre, separation. 

 17. — Le Gehannet (or Jaonnet). — B. "Foamy spot" or "very visible 



spot." Br., eon =jeon, foam; eona, to foam; W., geian, ewyn, foam; 



ewynnu, to foam; ewyngant, surge on a beach. See 180. Br., ge, place; 



annat, anat, visible. 

 18. — Le Pissot de Putron.— See 13. Putron, the name of the village 



above. See 13. 

 19. — Le cap es herondes. — P. Fr. of the Cotentin, erounde; o. Fr., 



arounde, swallow. 

 20. — Anfre. — R. 1. Lat., anfractus, bent or broken round, winding. 2. The 



W. word anfri means " disrespect." 

 21.— Piette.— R. Kel., "dangerous." 

 22. — Le Havre de la Marquise. — C. The word "marquise" seems to 



mean "strong, powerful"; Br., marcher. 

 23. — Le Havre du Beequet. — C. Br., bee, bek, point; bechec, pointed. 

 24.— La basse du Goufieher.— R. See 27. 24-26 form part of 27. 

 25.— La noire.— R. " The black rock." 

 26. — La rouge. — R. " The red rock." 



27. — Le Goufieher. — R. 1. N. Fr. of Le Cotentin, goufigue, a kind of shell- 

 fish noted for pearls ; gofiche = haliotis tuberculata ; go, bad ; fiche, fish. 



2. On the other hand, the word may be Kel. signifying " deceitful rock "; 



Br., gou, gaou, bar, deceitful ; W., gau, false, lying ; Br.,jicher, to trust ; 



" rock that deceives those who trust it." 



Prov. — Le dix de Mai, des sardes au Goufieher. 



Trans. — On the tenth of May, sardes, breams may be found at the 



Goufieher. 

 A small species of sarde is found on the coast of Sark ; the inhabitants 



dry them and call them berdelles ; Dan., berede, to make ready ; beredelse y 



preparation, dressing ; Sw., bereda, to prepare. 



