lowarn

Cornish

Etymology

From Proto-Brythonic *lowern, from Proto-Celtic *loɸernos, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂wl(o)p- ~ *h₂ulp- (“(red) fox”).

Noun

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.
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