@VoxHiberionacum >become Middle Cornish Ya (two syllables) after all relevant sound changes? Hmm. Not w/ relevant books atm so can't check >
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Replying to @caitlinrgreen
@VoxHiberionacum > now, but will do :) Changes can be quite dramatic e.g. Lindenses > OW Linnuis. In any case, however, -v- looks >
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Replying to @caitlinrgreen
@VoxHiberionacum > to be non-original and arose in 14thC, looking at early forms... :/
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Replying to @caitlinrgreen
@caitlinrgreen Ia = EEAA, no? Hmm, from what I can find on net, it seems oscillate widely. EP: Sancti Ivonis, 1291, 1349, then St. Ive...2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @VoxHib
@VoxHiberionacum Think got forms for St Ive there, different parish and Saint; St Ives = Sancta Ya, Sancte Ye, Porthye, Porthia, in 13thC.
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Replying to @caitlinrgreen
@caitlinrgreen There's two? jaysis! How would Ya have been pronounced at time? 'EE-YA', EE-AA, or EE-YA?1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @VoxHib
@VoxHiberionacum lol, sorry, yes! Hence confusion and intrusive -v- in St Ives, one suspects. Apparently as in 'Leah'...
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Replying to @caitlinrgreen
@caitlinrgreen @VoxHiberionacum Among the myriad Cornish (and Irish?) saints are there others who might be connected via name to Byzantium?2 replies 0 retweets 3 likes -
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@SurreyMedieval @VoxHiberionacum Sounds like a poss research project, lol! ;) Hmm. Well, St Stinian in Dyfed is the name Justinian, tho v >1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@SurreyMedieval @VoxHiberionacum > late legends make him an insular 6thC Saint... And fear to mention that whilst Madron in Cornwall could >1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
@SurreyMedieval @VoxHiberionacum > well be insular, St Matrona=signif church in Byzantine Constantinople just as St Ia was ;) ;)
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Replying to @VoxHib
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