In a message dated 8/28/00 4:56:57 PM GMT Daylight Time, [log in to unmask]
writes:
> St Nynia ('Ninian'). The
> > latter, I believe, may have something to do with the cult of a sacred
ash
> > tree, and the supposed etymology of this saint's name does not tell us
if
> > they were masculine or feminine.
Do you think this might be the same saint commemorated at Eglwys Nunydd
(Margam) and Pelynt (c. 1100 _Plunent_, Cornwall, 'Nennyd')?
Henry Gough-Cooper
visit the Scottish Place-Name Society website at
http://www.st-and.ac.uk/institutes/sassi/spns/index.htm
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