Yes, but the Wikipedia article also mentions the alternative meaning of "copse". I do not know what evidence there is to prefer "puffin island", beyond the fact that there are very few trees there nowadays. The Wikipedia entry also mentions that in Welsh the island is called after a wizard, so I wonder if there can be any connection with the place of pagan worship mentioned under "lunder" in the new Lexicon of Medieval Nordic Law. Is it going too far to suggest that Lundy might have been a sort of British equivalent of the Ile de Sein?

I don't know the answers. But I would like some clarity about the origins of the various "Lund..." place-names in Britain and in Scandinavia. I don't think they can all be to do with puffins.

Martin






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> Lundy means "puffin island" (Lundey) :: puffins still nest there :: see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lundy#Flora
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