lowarn

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Cornish

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Etymology

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From Old Cornish louuern, from Proto-Brythonic *llowern, from Proto-Celtic *loɸernos, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂wl(o)p- ~ *h₂ulp- ((red) fox).

Noun

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lowarn m (plural lewern)

  1. fox
    Lebma fo an bugel medhel, an lowarn a leha an devysyow.
    Where the shepherd is slack, the fox reduces the sheep.