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The order of the words in the vocabulary follows their occurrence in the story. The letter (f) signifies that the noun is feminine. All nouns without a letter are masculine. Remember that the first letters of words in Celtic languages mutate to other letters in various situations.
| Cornish | English | Cornish | English |
|---|---|---|---|
| tharravaz | raised, lifted | ewhall | tall, high |
| pedn | head | gwear | green |
| hanadga | to sigh | teag | beautiful |
| Revrond | Reverend | ell | angel |
| meth | said | poaz warbedn | to lean against |
| na | no | carrack (f) | rock |
| wherhin | to laugh | looez | grey |
| nevra | never | broaz | big, large, great |
| na ellam | I can not | minwherhin tha | to smile at |
| oofen urt | ask | thothe | at her |
| a honen | myself | adro the | around his |
| stella | always | treiz | feet |
| fatel | how | bean | small |
| veea | would be | gorollya | to play, to dance |
| floh | child | craizi | celandine (a flower) |
| blouth | years old | et | in |
| dalleth | to begin | doola | hands |
| bewa | to live | bledgiow | flowers |
| ell(a) | can | erel | other, else |
| traveeth | nothing | blou | blue |
| defaleby | to change | rooz | red |
| an peath | what | ago | their |
| ve gwreze | was done | lew | colour |
| vengam | I would | adro the fedn | around her head |
| gara tha | to let | lean | full |
| gennez | born | marth | wonder, surprise |
| hager | terrible | wharthaz | laughed |
| tra (f) | thing | arta | again |
| gava | to forgive | pereeg | when .... did |
| andelna | thus, so | crees | peace |
| tha ge | to you | cotha | to fall |
| thome devethez | I have come | a thysompyas | suddenly |
| nagonen | no one | warnothe | on her |
| kene | other, else | dowethe | to stop, to finish |
| gweras tha | to help | downsya | to dance |
| coath | old | lavaral | to say |
| vinwharthaz | smiled | wheag | sweet(ly) |
| poaz | rest! | repthe | beside her |
| bees | pray | meer | look! |
| cheel vean | my child | Mehall | Michael |
| bowesas | rested | Mabm | Mother |
| cader (f) | chair | da | good |
| keaz | to close, to shut | hedna | that |
| lagadgow | eyes | agery | to open |
| howl | sun | an wherhin | the laugh |
| spladna | to shine | gwelavennow | lips |
| ebron | sky | whathe | still, yet |
| glase | blue, green, grey | lowena | joy |
| heb | without | bedgeth | face |
| commol | cloud | ouga polge bean | after a little while |
| oll adro | all around | meeras aman | to look up |
| thera | there was | feer | wise |
| troze | sound | era | was, were |
| ethen | birds | cuzzel | gentle, gently |
| caon | song | thothe | at her |
| gover | stream, brook | per tha | very well |
| resack |
to slip, to flow, to run |
veath |
will be |
| dadn |
under |
stella | always |
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