Reread your query. If you think it's Celtic, there's a chance that it means rough or rude. This is just a guess. Wonder if there is a Celtic sight where someone would have a better idea. Cornwall and Ireland spoke the same languages at one time. Gary

I've been hoping to find someone versed in celtic languages, and perhaps able to give me a push in the right direction. After years of research on the origins of "Everest", I have retained eofor-raest, meaning in old english the dwelling place of the wild boar. Eofor being either the animal, a man's name or a boar-like monster depending on the OE texts and their translations. Now, I know quite a bit (bumptious me!) about OE and germanic philology, and know that such 'popular' words as eofor should have left some trace in today's english. It hasn't - in any of the possible meanings. Google research gives a lot of very learnèd exchanges on the translations and interpretations of the word, but no explanations as to why it disappeared - at least to my knowledge. I am of kentish origins, and have investigated the jute/flemish possibilities with no success. My last (no, it's never the last!) hope is that the word is perhaps of even earlier origin - celtic???. So....does a word vaguely similat to eofor, eovor, eobor etc.. exist or has ever existed in a celtic tongue, with a meaning of boars, monsters, names of people - especially references to courage and evil, but not necessarily evil bravery? Thanks for any hints Geoff