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A Handbook of the Cornish Language

by Henry Jenner

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Appendix

The Days, Months, and Seasons in Cornish

§ 1 The Days of the Week, Dedhyow an Seithan

SundayDê Zîl.
MondayDê Lín.
TuesdayDê Mergh.
WednesdayDê Marhar.
ThursdayDê Yew.
FridayDê Gwener.
SaturdayDê Sadarn.

It will be seen that, like the Welsh and Bretons as well as the Latin nations, the Cornish derived the names of the days directly from Latin, and did not, like the Teutonic nations, translate them in accordance with primitive ideas of comparative mythology.

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