lowarn

Cornish

Etymology

From Old Cornish louuern, from Proto-Brythonic *llowern, 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.