ANCIENT NAMES OF THE BAYS, ETC. 315 



419.— La boue du see pois.— R. 

 420.— Le ramendeux.— R. 

 421.— Les jumelles.— R. 



422.— La roque a la mauve.— R. " Sea-gull rock." 

 423.— La boue de l'Epee.— R. See 425. 

 424.— Le haut Epee.— R. 

 425.— L'Epee.— R. Pr., epe. Lit., "its head." 



426.— Le Tortepec.— R. Lit., "head broken on the way." Br., torr, to 

 break; W., tor, break, rupture, cut. 



427.— Le Fourqui.— R. See 94. 



428.— Les boues Robert.— R. 



429.— La petite Fourquie.— R. See 94. 



430.— La haute Fourquie.— R. 



431.— Les Moines.— R. Probably " the lesser rocks." 



432.— La grande I.— R. 



433.— L'Atre.— R. Br., adre = aire, behind. 



434.— Le f our.— R. ' ' Hollow rock. ' ' 



435.— La boue Aufer.— R. 



436.— La platte boue.— R. See 99. 



437.— Le Heroune— R. 



438.— La Herounelle.— R. 



439.— Le rondin.— R. Dim. of ronde. 



440.— La Ronde.— R. " The round rock " of the Hanois group. 



441.— La boue es bard.— R. Perhaps der. from Br., ebars, within; bert, 



however, means short. 



442.— Les herouniaux.— R. " Lamentations." 



443.— Les boues de la Genouinne.— R. See 445. 



444.— La grande boue de la Genouinne.— R. See 445. 



445.— La Genouinne.— R. 1. "The nipple rock." Lit., "the rock that 



appears or is seen." The point is always above water. Br., genel, to 



beget, appear; W., genol, relating to birth; cenedlu, to beget, generate; 



Lat., gignere ; G-r., genndn. 2. Br., genou, mouth, opening; W., geneu, 



opening ; San., gan, to be born. 

 446.— Les Courtelines.— R. "The place of men." Br., gour; W., gwr, a 



man ; com. Heb., gever ; Lat., vir ; G-othic, wair ; An. Sax., wer. 



447.— Les Asselines.— R. 



448.— La boue Feron.— R. No doubt "the strong, hidden rock." W., 

 ffer, strong. 



449.— Les ehevaux de la trois Pere.— R. See 452. 



450. — La boue Pate. — R. Br., pat, pad, durability. 



451. — La Selle.— R. " Visible." Br., sell, look, view; sellein, to look ; W., 



sel, view. 

 452. — Les trois Pere.— R. These three rocky heads, forming part of La 



Pendue (455), are always above water. See 372. " The three rocks." 



453.— La see houille.— R. 



454.— La mare a heriehons. — " Sea-urchin pond." It is situated on La 



Pendue (455). See 34. 

 455. — La Pendue. — R. A large rock easily visible along the coast from 

 Pleinmont to l'Eree. The meaning seems to be " black head or summit." 

 Br. and W., pen, head ; Br., dua, to blacken ; duet, black ; W., du, black ; 

 Ir., du, black. 



