322 ANCIENT NAMES OF THE BAYS, ETC. 



649.— Les boues Gavey.— B. 



650.— Le Fourqui.— E. See 94, 191. 



651. — La boue Groii. — E. W., grbyn, ridge of pebbles formed by the sea; 



Br., grou, ice. 

 652. — Le bee Horin. — E. Br., bee, beg, point, extremity. 1. Br., orin, 



excrement of birds. 2. Br., oriou, a sea-bird, probably a gull. 

 653. — Le Houmet. — N. Fr., houmet, rock. See note on Castle Cornet. 



Metivier says houmet means a peninsula or pasturage under water. In the 



present case the term peninsula is applicable, but the correct form of the 



word seems to be Horn met. 



654.— Les roques du Bois, or ) R 



aux Bois. } 



655.— La boue du Sud-Ouest.— E. 654 and 655 are the northernmost 



rocks off Guernsey. 

 656. — La MiPOUane. — E. 1. Perhaps der. from Br., merwent, S.W. wind ; 



mer pi. of mor, sea, and went = gwent, wind ; W., mor, sea ; gwynt, wind. 



"Wind of the sea." In connection with this, notice 655. 2. On the 



other hand, the word may mean " pointed arrow." Br., mir, pi., mirou, 



pointed; com. o. Eng., arewe ; lr., mir, top, summit. 

 .657. — La Susanne. — E. 1. Dan., susen, wMstling, whizzing; suse, to 



whistle, rush; Du., suizen, to tingle, buzz. 2. The word, however, may 



have a Kel. origin, signifying "the barricade." Br., sum, obstacle. 



658.— La Grunette.— B. Dim. of 659. 



659.— Les Grunes.— E. See 105. 



660. — La Mouliere. — E. Possibly the same as 140. 



661. — Les Frettes. — E. "Surrounded by fish." Bv.,frettes, small fishes. 



«-Ha™ Vase. } B - Br '' " fc * its head - 



663. — Albeeq (Castle). — "The head, point." Albecq, however, seems to be 



an ancient family name. 

 664. — Portelet. — B. Dim. of Fr., port, harbour, cove. 



665. — DOS d'ane, or | R p Possibly a corrupted expression. " Eocks allied 

 Dosdarne. J ' " to one another." Br., tost, near ; dosda, dosta, 



tostaat, to draw nearer, closer, to diminish the distance of. 

 666. — Etreinfer (or Etrainfer). — B. Br., treinfer, movable rock or substance. 



667.— Les blanches boues.— E. 



668.— Les boues d' Etreinfer.— E. See 666. 



669. — CobO (or Caubo). — B. 1. W., cau, hollow, shut, inclosed ; co, rotundity, 



concavity. Bo or bot is evidently bay, e.g., Petit Bot, small bay. Br., 



Jcao, hollow; can, cave. 2. Some suppose cau = N". Fr., caicd; Fr., chaud. 



Warm bay. I prefer the Kel. derivation. Caubo seems to be an ancient 



family name. 

 , 670. — La tour Robin. — E. Perhaps Br., rohin, rocky. See 1,005. 

 671. — Les Houilles. — See 122. However, Br., houl = wave of the sea. 



672. — La platine du Contemps. — Contemps, an expression of uncertain 

 origin, perhaps connected with Br., contain, lit. poisoned; com. Lat., 

 contaminare, both formed from tamm, piece, fragment. Platine is no doubt 

 der. from Br., plat, plad, flat; com. Gr., temno, tamno ; Heb., dama; Ch., 

 hadam. I believe, however, the expression may possibly mean " The half 

 side of the flat rock." Lie signifies " divided into two parts." 



673. — Les Rougleres. — Br., roug, a rent; W., rhwyg, rent, rupture; rhivygo, 

 to rend, tear ; Br., rougein, to tear ; com. Gr., regnumi. 



674.— Les petits Bers. 



