Talk:Mynydd Epynt

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Future expansion
I wanted to expand this in a small way. In the original upload, you wrote: "It is often mis-spelt as Mynydd Eppynt", which is still extant. Do you have the source quoted (Owen, H.W. & Morgan, R. 2007 'Dictionary of the Place-names of Wales' Gomer Press, Ceredigion) and does it actually confirm this assertion that it is often mis-spelt in the author's own words, or is it your interpretation/original research? Thank you.--Rocknrollmancer (talk) 13:23, 20 February 2018 (UTC)
 * Ha - I've been found out! I do have that tome and the authors cite various past spellings (just a small sample of what they might have sampled) and one contains a double 'p' - and indeed the Ordnance Survey used to use that 'pp' form but have now moved to 'Epynt'. My assertion is based not on what is written there (though they don't offer up the 'pp' spelling as a modern variant) but on verbal advice from local Welsh scholars. Remove it if it offends. cheers Geopersona (talk) 20:59, 27 February 2018 (UTC)
 * Not a problem, but I usually notice when sources are modern, and, often, the product of keyword seaching; I checked what maps I had in the house with 1965 as Epynt (Bartholomew), 1988, 1998 and 2006 (AA, with acknowledgement to OS and Crown Copyright) as Eppynt, and 1990 (Geographers' A-Z) as Eppynt. I wanted to crack-on whilst it was a bit prominent in my mind, so changed it to a neutral form that didn't draw any conclusion. Hope that's satisfactory! Thanks.--Rocknrollmancer (talk) 21:45, 27 February 2018 (UTC)

I've rewritten the article with a short etymology section to explain this, and other issues. I've read a number of disparate nineteenth century writers who all use the Eppynt spelling rather than Epynt. It seems to have been the standard spelling as it's used by both Breconshire antiquarians and the British Government's Education reports. I am unsure exactly when or how the modern spelling became the standard, but it is certainly the accepted spelling today.

As much as I use Owen and Morgan myself, I think we should be cautious with single sources in etymologies, or at least distinguish singular suppositions from obvious and uncontested derivations. Which (hopefully!) I've done here.

My Cartographic knowledge is er...lacking. So if anyone has sources for the early appearances of Eppynt on maps I would love to see them added. Thanks for reading! Cymrogogoch (talk) 11:05, 30 August 2021 (UTC)
 * Though have cited O&M for a tweak of the translation offered up for Mynydd Bwlch-y-groes. B.t.w. the first line of the lede asserts there was a former community known as Mynydd Epynt - do we know of a reference for its existence? Geopersona (talk) 12:22, 30 August 2021 (UTC)
 * Morgan & Powell (1999) list these forms: 'ipynt' (C12th); 'gorwyt Epynt' (c1155-c.1195); 'epynt' (c1222); 'Epyn' (1241); 'Epint' (C13th); 'Eppint' (1623); 'Eping Hill' (1798); 'EPPINT HILLS' (1828); 'MYNYDD EPYNT' (1832) - so an instance of a double 'p' in the early C17th. Geopersona (talk) 13:53, 30 August 2021 (UTC)