ANCIENT NAMES OF THE BAYS, ETC. 219 



which now stand there. See "Folk Lore," by Sir Edgar MacCidloch. 



Note by Editor, p. 147. 

 328. — Herpin.— R. Herepin in Br. means devil. However, 0. Fi\, herper, 



to break, to grapple. 

 333.— Le Rue des plains.— Instead of "La Rue des plains." The word 



plain conies from planus, plan, flat. Le plein, in N. Fr. Le pi in means 



"the flat beach." Plla'in in N. Fr. signifies " high tide." 



331.— La Parfonde Pointe.— 0. Fr., parfonde = Fr. profondc, deep. See 

 1,377. 



319. — La Roussette. — R. The term is appropriate ; the rock seems 

 variegated. Br., rousard. Fi , roussdtre, reddish, variegated. 



370.— La Silleresse de la Varde.— R. P. Instead of " Le Silleresse de 

 la Varde." 



385. — La Lague. — B. Com. Sp., lag una, lago. A. Sax., lagu, water, sea. 

 Gk., lakkos, pit, pond. Sc, loch. Fr., lac. Lat , lacus. Eng., lake. 

 However, lag in Ic. means "the ebb and flow of the tide ; it might be so 

 in this case 



411. — Le Peron. — R. O. Fr., perre, from L. lat., perreria, beach covered 

 with stones and pebbles. Perrail, formerly perroy in Fr. O. Fr., perroi, 



perrolc, beach ; perron, pierron, large stone. 



426 — Le Tortepee.— R. Lit., " deformed or crooked point." 



m~]l HtroSene. \ J Br - '"'■' its ; "*•"> ?"—*> ^ mt ^ 



448.— La boue Feron.—R.— Prove, ferir ; Lat., ferire. N.T.,lit., to bend 

 a sail to the yard, also to touch, run aground with the prow. Inferire 



means to chain. 



450. — La boue Pate. — Sp. Port, pata, palm of an anchor. 



458. — La boue Aligne. — R. Br., lignenna = allignm eun, in a straight line. 



473.— Le Roeher Caunaf. — R Perhaps caunaf is intended for cannaf, to 

 beat, dash against. " Rock against which the sea dashes." 



492.— La boue Attrappee.— R. Fr., attrapper. N.T., to seize, arrive. 

 Attrapper un mouillage, to come to an anchor. 



503. — L'Aiguillon du Lit Herri.— R. Br., lit is the Lat. alga, sea-weed; 

 herr, "long" or perhaps "blow." Com. Fr., heurter. 0. Fr., lit, heap, 

 liter, to coat. 



511. — Torquetil. — R. Br., torghen, elevated. According to Le Pelletier : 

 "Montague, motte de terre, butte, rupture de la continuite de la terre, 

 coteau escarpe, place d'une terre qui a croule ou qui est eboulee." 

 Br. W., torr, rupture. W., torgest, rupture. The latter part of the 

 word seems allied to the Gk. g~e, land. 



537ff.— La pointe du Dehusel or , This was accidentally omitted in the 



de De Hus, or ( Guernsey Section. The meaning 



de Te Hus, or I seems to be "Point of land that 



de Tu Dus ' seems to hang above." 1 Br., de, te, 



spot ; el, dim. of ael., elevated point. Com. Ch., el, above. Br., hus, above. 



Br., tehi, tei, to cover. W., toi, to cover or roof. Com. Ger., dach, roof; 



decken, to cover. A. Sax, th ccan, to cover or thatch Ic, thak, roof. 



Lat., tego. Eng., toga. Gk., tegos. San., sthag. 2. Br., teiis, the'us, 



goblin, phantom ; toez, pi. tension, phantom. Teiis seems allied to the 



Heb. ihohou, lit , " that which is not." Com., the following note in 



Metivier's Diet.; " Dehtts, d'hus, telius, fhus. Monument funebre, pre- 



historique, ainsi nomine de texts ou theus, fantome, spectre nocturne 



dont il etait le repaire, selon les bomies femmes du moyen age. 



Br., Tens, Thetts, pi. Teusei, Tension, de Teusia, s'evanouir. 



