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Kernyw

Kernyw — being in celtic tradition.

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Celtic Folklore: Welsh and Manx

  • comparison: Kernyw is the Welsh for Cornwall, but if Penryn Awstin or Hawstin is to be identified with Aust Cliff on the Severn Sea in Gloucestershire, the story would seem to indicate a time when Cornwall extend (Celtic Folklore: Welsh and Manx > Volume II > Chapter IX: Place-name Stories)

    "Kernyw is the Welsh for Cornwall, but if Penryn Awstin or Hawstin is to be identified with Aust Cliff on the Severn Sea in Gloucestershire, the story would seem to indicate a time when Cornwall extended northeastwards as far as that point."