‘delight’, araith ‘speech’, cyffaith ‘confection’, disglair ‘bright’, goddaith ‘conflagration’, gweniaith (or gweiniaith) ‘flattery’, rhyddiaith ‘prose’, talaith ‘crown; realm’. See § 202 iv (1). The word diffaith, Ml. W. diffeith, ‘waste, wild, evil’ (from Lat. defect-us) is generally written so in the good periods (e.g. diffeith b.b. 106, r.m. 183); but some early examples occur of a new formation from ffaeth ‘cultivated’ (from Lat. factus), r.p. 1047, l. 2.
- Yn y nef mae ’n un afiaith
- Yn sôn archangylion saith.—Gr.H. g. 101.
‘In heaven in pure rapture there speak archangels seven.’ See D.G. 358, where afiaith is printed afiaeth in spite of its rhyming with gobaith. See also g. 122.
- Ef a gâr awdl ac araith,
- Ef a ŵyr synnwyr y saith.—H.D. p 99/469.
‘He loves song and speech, he knows the meaning of the seven [sciences].’ See g. 118; areith b.b. 9, 15.
- Disgleir ẟiweir Veir vorwyn.—Ca., r.p. 1247.
‘Bright chaste virgin Mary.’
- Coed osglog, caeau disglair,
- Wyth ryw ɥ̄́d, a thri o wair.—D.G. 524.
‘Branching trees, bright fields, eight kinds of corn and three of hay.’ See D.G. 54, 120, 209, 404. See b.cw. 8, early editions of Bible, etc.
- Fal goddaith yn ymdaith nos.—D.G. 13.
‘Like a bonfire on a night’s march.’ See goẟeith r.p. 1042, b.b. 73.
- Gwenwyn ydiw eu gweiniaith,
- Gwynt i gyd gennyt eu gwaith.—I.F. m 148/721.
‘Their flattery is poison, to thee their work is all wind.’
- Twysog yw, enwog i waith,
- Teilwng i wisgo talaith.—E.U.
‘He is a prince whose work is famous, worthy to wear a crown.’
- Troes dilyw tros y dalaith,
- Torri ar rif tyrau’r iaith.—Gu.O. a 14967/62.
‘A deluge has overflowed the realm, thinning the number of the nation’s towers.’ See g. 80, 87, 199, 218, 257.
- Tro ’n d’ôl at yr hen dalaith;
- Digon yw digon o daith.—E.P. Ỻ 124/283 r.
‘Turn back to the old country; enough is enough of travel.’
§ 33. Late Contractions. i. (1) We have seen that a-e and o-e were contracted early into ae and oe; § 29 ii (2). This contraction also took place later, as in Cymrā́eg ‘Welsh’, Groeg
