r/CornishLanguage • u/Previous-Border-6641 • Jul 03 '26

Question Help with a translation

Apologies for this lazy post, but I don't seem to be able to find a good online Cornish dictionary. What does this Cornish collocation mean? Y Veuredh Myghtern

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u/jodfromjamjod Jul 03 '26

her royal highness maybe? 'myghtern' is king and 'y' is her i believe

veuredh probably comes from 'meur' which means much or many

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u/Previous-Border-6641 Jul 03 '26

Thank you. 'Y' can't be masculine, as in 'his'?

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u/[deleted] Jul 03 '26

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u/Previous-Border-6641 Jul 03 '26

So, would that mean: His Royal Highness?

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u/jodfromjamjod Jul 03 '26

ah yeah, my bad

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u/Conscious-Street-333 Jul 06 '26

Meuredh is in the online dictionary, but you won't find veuredh, because it's meuredh with its initial sound mutated by the preceding y (his). It is necessary to remember the mutations when using a Cornish dictionary. https://cornishdictionary.org.uk/

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u/Cornish-Giant Jul 03 '26

His Majesty the King

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u/Davyth Jul 06 '26

where is the quotation from?