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ANCIENT NAMES OF THE BAYS, ETC. 



1,132. — Le Neste. — R. Com. Eng., nestle, to lie close and snug as in a nest. 



See 1,287. 

 1,075. — La peehe a agneaux. — Possibly der. from a N. t., agnin or agn, a 



corrupted form of agnhin, wind ; agninini, a strong breeze. 

 1,071. — Le Port Gorey. — B. The word gori has the same derivation as gor, 



ebullition, boiling. 



1,077.— Le Piquillon. O. Fr., piquillon, point. 



1,152.— Les Pegane.— R. See 748 (Addenda). 



1,153. — Le Tintajeu or \ The 0. Kel. term jeu, dangerous ; eu, that which 

 Tintagel. j makes a noise. See 331, 1,085. On the other 

 hand, Br., tin or din, is derived from lante, tent, and tag, from taga, to 

 stifle, bite, kill. Com. Heb., chanaq, tsanaq, to be pressed, compressed or 

 shut in; Ch., shanaq ; Ar. and Syr., chanak ; Eth., hantiqa ; San., ang, 

 press; Gr., agkZ ; Lat., ango ; Ger., eng; Eng., anguish; W., yng, 

 angau, death. Br., el, ael, angel This is the reason why tintagel is said 

 to signify " devil's castle," lit. " tent or house of the spirit that kills or 

 stifles." Br., tinta, to prop, to shore up. 



1,158. — Saignie. — B. I am told the expression means "blood red." The 

 bay is so called from the colour of the upper cliff. The term, however, 

 might as well apply to many other parts of the coast. 



1,225. — La demie ail Bro.— R. Bro may mean foam. Com. N. Fr.. brou, 

 confusion; berouet, lather ; Ir., broth, rush ; berhiiet, p. part of Br. verb, 

 berhilein, from dialect of Valines. 



1,245. — Le Creux a Chiens.— So called, as it is said, from two stones at 



the far end resembling dogs. 

 1,312. — La Mielle. — B. Line 5 instead of " savage " read " ravage." 

 1,377.— Parfonde.—R. See 334 (Addenda). 



In conclusion, I wish to acknowledge my obligations to 

 several friends who have kindly furnished me with most of 

 these names. To Mr. Peter Robert, of La Belieuse, St. 

 Martin's, I am indebted for the Section extending from 

 Castle Cornet to Icart Point ; to Mr. N. Bourgaize for the 

 Forest Section ; to Mr. Peter Sarre, Torteval, for the Section 

 extending between Les Thielles and Fort Grey including the 

 Hanois Group ; to Mr. E. Le Couteur for the Rocquaine 

 Section ; to Mr. N. De La Mare, Mont Saint, St. Saviour's, 

 for L'Eree, Perelle and Vazon ; to Mr. G. Le Tissier, for the 

 Cobo Section ; to Mr. Gaudion and to Mr. E. Noyon, for the 

 Yale and St. Sampson's ; to Mr. T. Falla, for the remaining 

 Section as far as the Harbour of St. Peter-Port ; to Mr. 

 John P. De Carteret for Serk, and to Mr. A. A. Allen for 

 Alderney. The Herm Section and many names in the other 

 Sections have been taken from the Admiralty and Andrew 

 Gray's Maps. And I desire particularly to return my sincere 

 thanks to my friend Pasteur Guillaume Le Coat, of the 

 Breton Evangelical Mission, for the valuable aid derived 

 from his ancient Keltic Dictionaries. 



