Geirfa (Vocabulary)
- a
- c. (+tll.) and
- a1
- gn. (+tm.) a preverbal article before a noun clause followed by a soft mutation [GMW 64-74]
- a2 [â]
- ardd. (+tll.) with, by means of [GMW 181-2, 206]
parth a'r, towards the [lit. by means of/in the direction of the]
- a3
- gng. (precedes questions)
A'e hatwaenost? do you know him?
- a4
- rhp.d. that (would) [connects a relative pronoun subjunctive clause]
a ochelawd Arthur eiryoet, that ever fled (from) Arthur
a dalyo Drutwyn, that would hold Drutwyn
- a5
- rhp.g. that (you} [connects a relative pronoun object clause]
a wely di, that you see
- abreid
- af. hardly, with difficulty
- ac
- c. and (before vowels)
- ac1
- ardd. with (before vowels) see a2.
- aeth-ant
- ag. went {ell deu} (mynd) [WV 195] [GMW 132]
- allan
- af. out;
o hynny allan, from then on
- am
- c. (+tm.) because [GMW 182]
am hynny, and because of that
- an [ein]
- rh. our, us
- angheu [angau]
- gb. death
- anghyfnerth
- b. infirmity, weakness, misfortune
- anueitrawl [anfeidrol]
- a. immeasurable, immense
- ar
- ardd. on, upon; in; over; of; for; at [GMW 183+]
ar benn, on top of
ar Garn Gwylathyr, on Carn Gwylathyr
ar wynt mwyaf, in the greatest wind
anghyfnerth ar Arthur, misfortune on Arthur
- arnaw [arno]
- ardd. + rh. on him (ar) [GMW 58]
- Arthur
- ep. [CO xxvii (passim)]
- atwaen-ost
[adwaen-ost]- apm. {you} know/recognize
(adnabod) [WV 3] [GMW 148]
- at-wen [adwaen]
- apm. {I} recognize [WV 3] [GMW 148]
- baed [baedd]
- g. boar
- barfog
- a. bearded [CO 133-4]
Dillus Uarruaawc, Dillus the Bearded
- baryf [barf]
- g. beard
[GMW 12]
- Bedwyr
- ep. native British hero whose character contributed to the legend of Lancelot in the later French Arthurian romances. [CO 67-8]
- bell
- tm. see pell.
- benn
- tm. see penn.
- bod
- be. is, was, being (that) [WV 25]
y uot ef, that he was
- breu [brau]
- a. brittle
- bryssyaw
- tm. see pryssyaw.
- bu
- ag. was (bod) [WV 25] [GMW 136-138]
- buant
- ag. were (bod) [WV 25] [GMW 136-138]
- byd [bydd]
- ap/da. will be (bod) [WV 25] [GMW 136-138]
- bydei [byddai]
- aga. would be (bod) [WV 25] [GMW 136-138]
- byt [byd]
- g. world
- byw
- be. to live, living
af. *alive
- carn
- g. cairn, burial-mound [CO 148]
Carn Gwylathyr, burial-mound on the slopes of the [source of the] Wye river.
- chwedl
- b. tale, story
- chyllellprenneu
- tll. see cyllellprenneu.
- chynllyuann
- tll. see kynllyuan.
- cnithiaw [cnithio]
- g. to pluck
- coet [coed]
- a. b. wood
- Culhwch
- ep. "Young Swine" or"Burrow of Swine" [CO xxix-xxx, 46-7]
- cwb-yl [cwbl]
- a. completely, fully [GMW 100-1]
- cyll-ell-prenn-eu [cyllellprennau]
- ll. wooden tweezers
- cyt a(c)
- ardd. along with
- dal-y-o
- md. could capture (dal) [WV
85] [GMW 128]
- dan
- tm. see tan.
- dar-oed
- aa. {they} happened, had (darfod) [WV
87] [GMW 146]
- de-heu
- g. south
- dei-uaw [deifio]
- be. to singe
- deu [dau]
- a. two [GMW 45]
- di
- tm. see ti.
- di-heu [diau]
- a. sure, certain
- Dillus (Uarruawc)
- ep. [CO 133-4]
- dim
- af. any, not, no none, at all; [GMW 106-8]
g. anything, nothing, none;
a. any, no
- draet
- tm. see traet.
- drossi
- tm. see trossi.
- Drutwyn
- ep. "Fierce/Brave White" [CO 148]
- dy
- rho. you
syll dy, look (you)
- dynessau [dynesu]
- be. draw near, approach
- dyrn-awt
- g. a blow
- dyw-awt [dywedodd]
- {Kei} said (dweud) [WV
111] [GMW 124]
- 'e ['i]
- rhm. (tm.) see ei.
- edrych
- be. to look
- ef
- rh. he, him
- eglyn [englyn]
- g. a Welsh alliterative stanza of three or four lines[CO 149]
- ei
- rhm. (+ tm.) *him, his [GMW 55-6]
a'e hatwaenost? do you know him?
a'e rodi, and gave him
a'e wascu, and pressed him
- eir-y-oet [erioed]
- af. ever [GMW 222]
- eiss-i-oes
- af. however, *nevertheless [GMW 222]
- eist-ed [eistedd]
- g. to sit
- ell (yll) [ill]
- ardd. they; both
ell deu [ill dau], both of them [GMW 99-100]
- Eri
- ep. [CO 68, 148-9]
- eu
- rh. their, *them
yn eu kylch, around them [lit. in their midst]
- gad-wn
- mg. let {us} allow/leave (gadael) [WV 132] [GMW 152]
- gan
- ardd. with, by; of, from;
c. as, inasmuch as, because, since [GMW 190-1]
- gantunt [ganddynt]
- ardd. + rh. with them (gan) [GMW 60]
- garn
- tm. see carn.
- Gei
- tm. see Kei.
- gnithiaw
- tm. see cnithiaw.
- gochel-awd [gochelodd]
- ag. fled from/avoided {rysswr} (gochel) [GMW 114-5]
- goruc
- ag. (bg.) did [GMW 130]
- gorug-ant
- ag. (bg.) did, made {they} (gwneuthur) [GMW 130]
- Greit
- ep. [CO 148-9]
- gwala
- b. enough, plenty
- gwascu [gwasgu]
- be. to squeeze, press
- gwbyl
- tm. see cwbyl.
- gwedy
- ardd. after [GMW 193-4]
- gwel-y
- ap. (brh.) you see (gweld) [GMW 114-5] [WV 157]
- gwel-ynt [gwelent]
- aa. (brh.) saw {Bedwyr / Kei} (gweld) [GMW 114-5] [WV 157]
- gwic [gwig]
- b. wood
Kelli Wic (ell.), Wood Grove.
- gwn-a
- ad. (brh.) will (do) (gwneud) [GMW 130] [CO 149]
- gwn-aethant
- ag. (brh.) they did (gwneud) [GMW 130]
- gwyneuthur [gwneud]
- be. to make, to do [GMW 130]
- gwr
- g. man
- gwyb-u
- ag. knew {Kei} (gwybod) [GMW 147-8]
- Gwylathyr
- ell. see carn.
- gwynt
- g. wind
- gwyr
- ll. men (g. gwr)
- gyt a(c)
- ardd. along with
- hagen
- c. however
- hatwaenost
- see atwaenost. [GMW 23] [CO 148]
- heb (y) [ebe]
- ag. said [GMW 154] [CO 148]
- heb1
- ardd. without
- heuyt
- af. neither (with negative)
- honn
- rh. / a. b. this [GMW 82-5]
- hwnn
- a. this [GMW 82-5]
- hynny
- rh. those, that (not present) [GMW 83-4]
a gwedy hynny and after that
o hynny allan from then on
wrth hynnyconcerning that
yn hynny at that
- hyt [hyd]
- ardd. to, as far as;
hyt pan, c. (so) that [GMW 238]
(aethant) hyt yg Kelli Wic, (they came) together in Celli Wig
- iach
- a. well, healthy
- kan-ei [can-ai]
- aa. (brh.) sang, recited {Arthur} [GMW 114-5] [WV 37]
- kanys [canys]
- c. for (it), because, since [GMW 234]
- kelli [celli]
- b. ell. grove;
Kelli Wic [Celli Wig], place name associated with the court of Arthur.
- Kei [Cei]
- ep. native Authurian hero, associated with Kay in later Continental Romances [CO 60-1]
- keneu [cenau]
- g. cub [CO 149]
- Kernyw [Cernyw]
- ell. Cornwall [CO 82-3]
- kic [cig]
- g. meat, flesh
- kylch [cylch]
- g. around, circle, vicinity
- kynghor [cynghor]
- g. counsel, advice
- kynllyuan [cynllyfan]
- g. leash
- kyscu [cysgu]
- be. to sleep
- kyueillt [cyfaill]
- g. friend; see myn. [CO 148]
myn llaw vyng kyueillt, by the hand of my friend
- lad
- tm. see llad.
- llad [lladd]
- be. to kill
- llaw
- b. hand; see myn and kyueillt.
myn llaw vyng kyueillt, by the hand of my friend
- llwyr
- a. completely
- llyna
- eb. lo there! behold;
syll yna, look there [GMW 246]
- mab
- g. son, son of (in personal names)
- mae
- ap. is {an kynghor} (bod) [GMW 136] [WV 25-6]
- marw
- af. be. to die
af. *dead
- mawr
- a. great, large
- meint [maint]
- gb. force, strength, amount [GMW 93-4]
- milwyr
- ll. warriors (g. milwr)
- mwc [mwg]
- g. smoke
- mwyaf
- a. most, greatist
- mwynh-aa
- ap. will be of use {I (Kei)} (mwynhau)
- myn
- ardd. originally "an oath"; a Middle Welsh formula of swearing rendered "by"; [GMW 245-6]
myn llaw vyng kyueillt, by the hand of my friend
- 'n
- see