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1649 Constantine appears BBCS borrowed Breage byghan carn century Chrest cited coast coast St common compound confusable contain Cornwall Croft Crowan cruc deriv dialect dimin early East element English enys equivalent to Welsh examples fenten field forms glossing goon guel guyn Gwennap head hill instances Irish kelli land language lann Lelant lost Loth Madron Major meaning melin¹ Meneage meneth meur Middle Breton nans Note noun occurs Old Breton Old Cornish Old Welsh originally parish Park Paul Penwith perhaps pers personal name phrase place-names plural Point pons porth possible probably Qualified refer Richards rock Sawyer sense spellings St Agnes St Austell St Ives St Keverne suffix Tanguy Wendron West Wheal wheyl word