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Origin of the name MORCANT.
Etymology of the
name MORCANT.
Meaning of the baby name MORCANT.
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MORCANT.
Old British name meaning "sea-bright," from Welsh mor
"sea" and cant, cognate with the Latin candidus.
This is probably the name from which came the Welsh Morgan.
(Names and Their Histories, Taylor, 1896)
... Be it known
that Morcant, king, came a-hunting to the bank of the river Nadhauon,
and threw his hawk upon a duck, and both at once hawk and duck crossed
the river in their flight. And suddenly there came an eagle from
the sea shore to seize the hawk. Which when King Morcant saw he
was exceeding sorrowful, but in a moment a foster son of the king, named
Guengarth, coming up on horseback with shield and sword and lance,
hurled himself into the river, and with no little bravery snatched the
hawk from the grip of the eagle. And, moreover, lightly brought
the hawk with the duck to the hand of Morcant the king, and by such
achievement delighted him not a little. Whereupon Morcant said to
Guengarth: "Behold, I grant to thee the villa Cadroc as an
inheritance stretching from the city Trotguid as far as the river
Nadavan, and in breadth from the spring Guengarth as far as another
spring Guengarth." (Tribal System in Wales, Seebohm, 1904)
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