218 ANCIEXT NAMES OF THE BAYS, ETC. 



92.— L'Elin d'Colin. — P.P. Another meaning- may be given. Br., elin^ 

 ilin, lit., elbow. " Dangerous turn or bend." See 154. 



114. — Les LigantS. -S. X.T., ligang, to roll. A. Sax., ligan or Ucgan, to 

 lie or be at rest. Ic., lega, from kg, allied to Lat. levies, place of rest, 

 port, road, and with the Gk. legein. To anchor. 0. Kel., lie, lig, to 

 fasten. 



115. — RbaymontS. — S. When the sea is rough at " Les grands Ligants," a 

 ship anchored there may be forced to go to " Les petits Ligants," and 

 vice versa, consequently rebaymont would mean " to return with difficulty." 

 Br., rcbcchmoiU. Les Ebaymonts is a spot situated within Les Ligants, 

 and the ship returns with difficulty on the opposite side. 



117.— La Draingue. — B. Ic, drangr, allied to A. Sax., drig, droug, breakers. 

 0. Fr., dring. A. Sax., dringan, thringan, to press. Com. Ger., dringen. 

 Eng., throng. 



121. — EmOU^e. — B. 0. Fr., esmaier, — ayer, — oxer, — oyer, esmaier, esmahier, 

 to confuse, frighten, trouble. 0. Sp., esma'ir. Com. Sp., desmayar, 

 0. Fr., enmoier, etimoihier to make a heap. Moie and Emouee seem 

 thus allied to one another. 



133.— Moulin Hue t.— According to Metivier, "Moulin Luet." Br., litet, 

 luhet, Ittzcl, hizet, bright, shining, visible (possibly from the sea). Afield 

 in the neighbourhood is still called " Le Luet."' Com. Fr., lueur, luire. 

 0. Fr., hi, light W , Inched. 



139.— La pierre au llys.— E. Kel., Uys, spiked sea grass, the zostera 

 marina of botanists. See 1,283. 



151.— La Roque du Port.— E. Two rocks bear this name, "The large 



Eocrae du Port " and " The little Eoque du Port." 

 153. — Le Canuet.— CI. Spelt " Camuel " in " Le livre de Perchage du Fief 



le Eoi." Br., cam, winding, vet, uel, elevated. 

 161.— Le Terpi. — E. The Eev. G. E. Lee suggests tripod as being the 



meaning of the expression ; he is no doubt right as the rock appears to 



have three heads. 

 162. — La Sevee.— B. CI. Br., sevel, to mount. This might signify " ascent, 



slope," with respect to the cliff. 

 193.— Le Creux PiCOt.— C. Picot, the name of a former Eector of the 



Forest. He retired here for meditation. 



198. — Menage au Vee. — E. 0. Fr., mesnage, — aige, maesnage, mennage, 

 ■mainnagc, abode. 



228. — Le Thehun or\p Br., term, deceit; teioii, to deceive, composed of 

 Thelun. j x ' tc'i, to cover, and eun, eeun. "W., iaicn, straight, 



not curved, exact, correct, hence lit., "round about way from that 

 which is straight." Br., ecuna, cuna. W., uniaumi, to straighten. 

 Com. Gk., euthuno. It must not be forgotten, however, that Br. 

 teun = hill. See 1,323. 



273.— Le Creux Mahiel. — Some say this means " cavern of the devil." It 

 will bear that meaning. O. Kel., mah, evil, wickedness ; el or ael, angel, 

 spirit. Lit., " cavern of the spirit of evil." 



279ff.— La pointe du Fourquet.— E. This rock appears only at very low 

 spring tides. It lies half-way between Le6 Caines d'Amont (277) and 

 Les Caines d'Aval (301). 



281. — L'Herbe. — B. Com. Sp., abrigo. 



282.— Les AuquetS.— E. See 491, 1,541. 



309. — La Belle Elisabeth or ) -r> -d Named after Lizabeau, a girl of 



Lizabeau. ) ' " Torteval, who being turned out of 



the house by her mother, rushed to the cliffs and leapt into the sea with 



her babv in her arms, and she and her child were turned into the rocks 



