Geirfa (Vocabulary):
- a
- c. (+tll.) and;
- a1
- rh. (+tm.) that (before clauses)
a gynhelid, that would be held
- a'r
- see a and yr.
- ac
- c. and (before vowels)
- aeaf
- tm. see gaeaf.
- afon
- b. river
- agor-wyd
- be. was opened (agor) [WV 8]
- all-an-ol
- a. exterior
- am
- c. because, as far as, so long as;
rh. about, *for
am y tro cyntaf, for the first time
am fwyd, for food
- an-adl
- gb. breath
ei1 hanadl, her breath
- ar
- ardd. (+tm.) *on, upon; over; *for; *to, *at
ar ddolefiad, to the:nbsp;cry
ar eu ffordd, on their way
ar gyfer, for the sake of
ar waelod, at the bottom
- ar-ni (hi)
- ardd. + rh. on her/*it {Tafwys}
- at
- ardd. (+tm.)
at yr olygfa, at the sight/scene
- ato
- tm. see gato.
- bach
- a. small
- baratoi
- tm. see paratoi.
- Barnabas
- ep. horse's name
- blyn-edd
- ll. years (after numerals only)
(b. blwyddyn)
- bobl
- tm. see pobl.
yr hen bobl, the old people
-'r bobl, the people
- bod
- be. that [replaces mae/oedd (is/was) after subordinate clauses in indirect sentences] [WV 25]
- Bont
- tm. see pont.
- bo-re
- g. morning
- Bryn-mawr
- ell. Big/Large Hill (farm name)
- bu-an
- af. soon
- bwyd
- g. food
- byw-i-og
- a. lively
- Cad-er
- ell. Cader Idris (the seat of the giant Idris)
- cal-ed
- a. hard
mor galed fel, so hard that
- cast-an
- b. chestnut
- chofio
- tll. see cofio.
- chwe
- a. six (before nouns)
- chwech
- g. six
- chwil-io
- be. to search (chwilio am)
- cnau
- ll. nuts (b. cneuen)
- coch
- a. red
- cod-i
- be. to raise, to build
[WV 48]
- cof-io
- be. to remember [WV 49]
- croes-a-wyd
- be. was welcomed {y ddau} (croeso) [WV 54]
- cw-rw
- g. beer
- cyf-an
- g. the whole (of it)
trwy'r cyfan, through the whole of it
- cyf-er
- g. direction; point, opposition
ar gyfer, *for, over against
- cym-horth-fa
- g. benefit
- cyn
- ardd. (+tm.) before (in time), previous
- cyn-hel-id
- aa. would be held (cynnal) [WV 70]
a gynhelid
- cyn-hes-u
- be. to warm
- cynt-af
- a. first
- daeth
- ag. came {y si; y y llwynogod} [WV 116]
- dal-ai
- aa. caught {Meg} [WV 85]
- dau
- a. g. two
- daw
- will come {yr eira} [WV 116]
- ddau
- tm. see dau.
- ddidaro
- tm. see didaro.
- ddolefiad
- tm. see dolefiad.
- ddychwelyd
- tm. see dychwelyd.
- der-w
- a. oak
- di-dar-o
- a. unaffected, unconcerned
- dis-gleir-i-o
- be. to shine, to glitter
- dol-ef-i-ad
- b. *cry, shout
- draw
- af. yonder, away, at a distance
yr ochr draw i, the other side of
- dref
- tm. see tref.
- drws
- g. door
- drwy
- tm. see trwy.
- Duw
- g. God
- dy
- tm. see ty.
- dych-wel-yd
- be. to return
- dy-na
- af. (+tm.) there is
- dyn-i-on
- ll. men (g. gwr)
- ef-o
- c. with (northern);
hefo after a vowel.
- ei
- rh. (+tm.) his, its; before masculine nouns;
'i (rhm.) after vowels;
a'i wraig, and his wife
ei hanes, its history
- ei1
- rh. (+tll.) her, its; before feminine nouns; takes an "h" before vowels
'i (rhm.) after vowels;
ei hanadl, her breath
- eir-a
- g. snow
- e-len-i
- af. this year
- eu
- rh. their,
'u after vowels
a'u trwynau, and their noses
a'u llygaid, and their eyes
ar eu ffordd, on their way
- farwolaeth
- tm. see marwolaeth.
- fath
- tm. see math.
- fawr
- tm. see mawr.
- fel
- c. *that; as, like
fel y gellid codi stondinau, that one could build/raise stands
- ffordd
- b. way
- fod
- tm. see bod.
- fwyd
- tm. see bwyd.
- fywiog
- tm. see bywiog.
- Gader
- tm. see Cader.
- gae-af
- g. winter
- galed
- tm. see caled.
- gan
- ardd. *by, *while, with, because
gan wrando, while listening-
gan was, by a servant
- gat-o
- dp. would leave (gadael) [WV 132]
na ato Duw, God forbid
- gell-id
- aa. would be able (gallu) [WV 135]
- goch
- tm. see coch.
- gol-eu-ad-au
- ll. lights (g. goleuad)
- gol-yg-fa
- b. scene, view
- gris-i-au
- ll. stairs (g. gris)
- Gut-o
- ep.
- gwael-od
- g. bottom
- gwas
- g. servant
- gwedd-w
- b. widow
- gwerth-i
- be. to sell
- gwr
- g. man, husband, *master
- gwraig
- b. *wife, *mistress
- gwr-and-o
- be. to listen [WV
162]
- gwynt
- g. wind