 | Electronic journals - 1865 - 482 pages
...that held central Scotland was Cymric, not Gaelic, we may refer to the distinction already mentioned between ben and pen. Ben is confined to the west and north ; pen to the east and south. Inver and dber are also useful test-words in discriminating between the two branches of the Celts. The difference... | |
 | William Forbes Skene - Tales - 1868 - 636 pages
...that held central Scotland, was Cymric, not Gaelic, we may refer to the distinction already mentioned between Ben and Pen. Ben is confined to the west and north ; Pen to the east and south. Inver and Alter are also useful test-words in discriminating between the two branches of the Celts. The difference... | |
 | William Forbes Skene - Welsh poetry - 1868 - 294 pages
...that held central Scotland, was Cymric, not Gaelic, we may refer to the distinction already mentioned between Ben and Pen. Ben is confined to the west and north; Pen to tho cast and south. Inver and Alter are also useful test-words in discriminating between tho two branches... | |
 | Philology, Modern - 1879 - 798 pages
...trace roughly the line which separated the two branches of the Celtic race, the Gaelic and the Cymric. Ben is confined to the west and north; pen to the east and south. Ben Rhydding is a solitary instance of Ben in England. So in the north and west we find inver used... | |
 | Canadian Institute (1849-1914) - 1884 - 478 pages
...whatever was its name, that held central Scotland was Cymric not Gaelic, we may refer to the distinction between ben and pen. Ben is confined to the west and north, and ' pen to the east and south. Inver and Aber are also .useful textwords in discriminating between... | |
 | Canadian Institute - 1884 - 486 pages
...whatever was its name, that held central Scotland was Cymric not Gaelie, we may refer to the distinction between ben and pen. Ben is confined to the west and north, and pen to the east and south. Inver and Aber are also useful textwords in discriminating between the... | |
 | Canadian Institute - 1884 - 768 pages
...contined to the west and north, and pen to the east and south. Inver and Aber are also useful textwords in discriminating between the two branches of the...either of two rivers, or of a river with the sea. ... In Scotland the invers and abern are distributed iu a curious and instructive manner. If we draw... | |
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To establish the point that the Picts, or the nation, whatever was its name, that held central Scotland, was Cymric, not Gaelic, we may refer to the distinction already mentioned between Ben and Pen. 