- Ni thawaf, od af heb dâl,
- Mwy nog eos mewn gw̯ī́al.—D.G. 418, cf. 151.
‘I will not be silent, though I go without pay, more than a nightinggale in the branches.
- E gaeodd Mai â gwī́ail
- Y llwybrau yn dyrrau dail.—D.G. 442, cf. 87, 162, 225.
‘May has blocked up with twigs the paths into masses of leaves.’
- Mawr yw seren y morwyr,
- Mwy yw no swrn o’r mân sŷr.—L.G.C. 459.
‘Great is the star of the mariners, greater than a cluster of small stars.’
- Dy ryw cyn amled a’r onn,
- Derw̯goed yw’r[1] dreigiau dewrion.—T.A. a 14975/11.
‘Thy kindred are as numerous as ash-trees, but the brave dragons are oaks.’
(2) A noun may fall in more than one of the classes mentioned in § 126; thus cwningen, pl. 1 cwning, 2 cwningod; gelyn, pl. 1 galon, 3 gelynion; dalen, pl. 1 dail, 3 dalennau; defnyn, pl. 2 dafnau, 3 defynnau; asen ‘rib’, pl. 1 ais, 2 asau, 3 asennau.
- Rhyfedd yw’r ais, a’i rhifo,
- Fal cronglwyd lle tynnwyd to.—I.B.H., f. 17.
‘Strange are my ribs, and to be counted, like rafters where the roof has been taken away.’
- Ef a wŷs ar fy asau
- Am gelu hyn im gulhau.—B.Br.[2] p 82/293, cf. D.G. 295.
‘It is evident from my ribs that I have become lean through concealing this [secret].’
- Siôn ffriw ac asennau Ffranc
- Sy lew brau—Salbri ieuanc.—T. A., a 14965/44.
‘Siôn, of the face and frame of a Frank, is a spirited lion—young Salesbury.’
Singular Doublets.
§ 130. i. A noun not ending in ‑yn or ‑en may have two forms of the sg. owing to various phonetic accidents: (1) ‑yf: ‑eu § 76 vii: cleẟyf r.p. 1236 ‘sword’, cleẟeu do. 1369, pl. cleẟyfeu; neẟyf do. 1237 ‘adze’, and neẟeu.
(2) dant, daint ‘tooth’, pl. dannedd § 122 iii (2).
(3) gwyry, gwyrf, gwerydd ‘virgin’, pl. gweryddon § 110 ii (3).
