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Gwefan Cymru-Catalonia La Web de Gal·les i Catalunya Wales-Catalonia Website  Colloquial Words and Expressions, collected within the parish of Llangynwyd. (History of Llangynwyd, Cadrawd, 1888, tudalennau 142-9) ····· Cadrawd = Thomas Christopher Evans 1846-1918.

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(Note: many expressions are not explained. Some are well known all over Wales at the present time, others are localised and probably no longer in use. If we get time we might add on explanations)

TESTUN GWREIDDIOL / ORIGINAL TEXT	EIN SYLWADAU / OUR COMMENTS
001 Adar Morganwg.	Birds of Morgannwg / Glamorgan. Nickname for the people of the county
002 Adnabod saethu wrth y sŵn.
003 Adnabod un yn mhrig y frân.
004 Agor un bwlch i gauad y llall. To open one gap to fill another; spoken of those who sell one thing to pay for another.
005 Agor am lawer a chauad am ddim.
006 A glywo’r gwcw fydd byw flwyddyn eto.	Who shall hear the cuckoo will live for another year yet.
007 Anach. This word, according to Dr. Pughe, means an impediment- one that is dull or slow; but it has a different meaning when used by the inhabitants in this parish. “Mae anach gwlaw ganddi,” - it threatens rain; “Mae yn anach peidio talu,” - there is doubt as to whether he willl pay or not, &c.
008 Anhawdd twyllo hen adar.	= anodd twyllo hen adar (it is) difficult (to) fool old birds.
009 Anhawdd bwyta blawd ceirch a chwiban.	= anodd bwyta blawd ceirch â chwiban (it is) difficult (to) eat oats with a whistle
010 Anhawdd tynu mêl o bost.	= anodd tynnu mêl o bost  (it is) difficult to draw honey from a post
011 Arllwys ei gŵd. To divulge a secret.	= arllwys ei gwd pour out his sack
012 Armerth, bord armerth. A peculiar kind of a table to knead dough upon. Crochan armerth: a special crock, in which the uwd (porridge) was prepared.
013 Ar y cybildra. In full speed.
014 Ar y coesau diwedda’.	= ar y coesau diwetha’ on the last legs – i.e. on its last legs, about to die
015 Bacsa. Footless stockings. Bacso. To trample.
016 Balish. Doatingly, or foolishly fond.
017 Bessie fingam. A wry-mouthed, or peevish woman.	= Besi fingam Elizabeth crooked-mouth
018 Betin. The turf, or surface sward of a field when prepared by a particular sort of hand plough, and afterwards dried in the sun, and burnt. Betingwr, is the name given to the man who cuts the sward.
019 Bid rhyngoch, wŷr Pentyrch.	Let it be between you (yourselves), (vocative) men of Pen-tyrch. i.e. leave me out of your quarrel, sort it out among yourselves. Gwy^r  = men; in the vocative there is soft mutation of the first consonant, in modern Welsh g > zero.
020 Biwbo. Jew’s harp.
021 Blingo’r bŵch. Vomiting.	skinning the buck
022 Briwlach. – Briwlach gwalaw; briw-wlaw. Drizzling rain.
023 Brachgai. To ride on horseback.
024 Bwyta pen y prŷf.
025 Buarth o gylch y lleuad, is a name given to the ring, or halo, which is seen about the moon on a misty night.
026 Bwâ’r wrach. Bwâ’r Drindod. The rainbow.
027 Bwdal, Bwdalacs, neu Mwdal, for lleid-bŵll - puddle.
028 Cafflo bola i drwsio pen. Robbing the belly to decorate the head.
029 Calan fara. The cakes given to the poor in olden days at the Church porch on the 1st of January.
030 Canu maswedd. Said of every kind of singing except psalms and hymns.
031 Careg-maen-nâdd. The Bridgend freestone.
032 Canddo, for Cadno. Canddo o ddiwarnod. A fox of a day.
033 Canad, for Caniatâd. Of a contraction, and corruption, very good; much preferable to the other mongrel which is so generally used. Cenad - a messenger.
034 Cadw ci, a chyfarth ei hunan.
035 Caws o fola’r ci.
036 Ceffyl uncarn. A walking stick.
037 Clem, cewc, gwep. These are words often used when someone makes ugly faces about something.
038 Clwc; ŵy clwc - an addled egg. It is also used to denote a person who is poorly: Mae hi yn glwc iawn. She is very unwell.
039 Clatsien. A smack. Mi roes iddo glatsien. I gave him a flip.
040 Chwerthin cilbochau.
041 Cysgu ci bwtsiwr.
042 Conach: - Pwy gonach wyt ti? Why dost thou whine?
043 Côl gwas diog.
044 Cuwch gŵd a ffetan.
045 Dala newyn wrth fedydd: spoken when a poor man christens his 10th child. Holding hunger at the font.
046 Dala llygoden a’i bwyta. Catching a mouse and eating it, for improvidence or poverty.
047 Deiliaid Margam. The tenants of Margam.
048 Dan y dw’r.- Under water, said of one in debt, or distressed for money.
049 Diwedd y gân yw’r geiniog. For “after the song pay the piper.”
050 Diawl y’myto i: a very common but foolish oath, May the devil devour me.
051 Daw deisyfon ni: a peculiar kind of adjuration; but, if it were properly uttered, would be a most appropriate prayer. Lord, we beseech Thee. Expressive of astonishment or admiration.
052 Duw dalo i ti, and Duw cato ni. “The Lord reward thee, and protect thee,” are mild oaths very often heard expressed.
053 Dwylo blewog. Hairy hands. Applied to a person who is given to pilfering.
054 ’Does dim dau heb dri.
055 ’Does dim dau Gymro o’r un meddwl. There are no two Welshmen of the same opinion.
056 Dyn llethig. An excessive eater.
057 Dyn dimofal. A witty person.
058 Dyn diofal. Careless.
059 Dyn crygwrus. A naughty mischievous person.
060 Dyn lysti. An active person.
061 Dyn lloriog. A sly, cunning, fawning, circumventing sort of a fellow.
062 Dyn gwirion. In Glamorgan, an inoffensive man. In North Wales, a fool.
063 Fyn gwisgi. A quick, nimble person. The word is used also in another sense: cnau gwisgi, slip-shelled nuts, &c.
064 Dodi’r càr o flaen y ceffyl. To put the cart before the horse.
065 Dwywaith yn blentyn, ac unwaith yn ddyn. Once a man, twice a child.
066 Dysg dy famgu i bedoli hwyaid. Teach thy grandmother to shoe ducks. (English: To suck eggs.)
067 Eli penelin. Elbow grease
068 Eli’r galon. Good ale, tea, and tobacco.
069 Enllyn trwyn. Snuff.
070 Eos bren. A Poor singer. A wooden nightingale.
071 Ei bwyo’n banas. To beat him hollow.
072 Ewa. Uncle, in fond speech.
073 Etifeddiaeth y byd mawr, bod heb ddim.
074 Enw mawr a byd bach.
075 Fel llong ar dir sych. Like a ship on dry land.
076 Fel clap y felin. - Like the clap of the mill.
077 Fel lleuen mewn crachen. Like a louse in a scab.
078 Fel crochan yn berwi. Like the crock boiling.
079 Fel cleren mewn pot.
080 Fel bwch i odyn.	Like a he-goat to a lime-kiln.
081 Fel ystarn ar gefn ci.
082 Ffusto pen ceffyl marw. Working to pay an old debt.	Flailing the head of a dead horse
083 Ffrwmwndws, walu ffrwmwndws. To talk nonsense.
084 Ffrechan, - ffrechan o wlaw, neu o eira. A sprinkling of rain, or snow
085 Ffliwen. A clout. Rho ffliwen iddo. Give him a clout.
086 Ffedog y ddafad. Mackerel sky.
087 Gauaf cynar, hir y trig.
088 Goleufui. Northern lights.
089 Gair dros ysgwydd. Not seriously meant.	A word over a shoulder
090 Gadewch chwi Sion Llwyd yn llonydd. He is well able to hold his own.	Leave Siôn Llwyd in peace
091 Grabin y wàl. A case of labour, or confinement.
092 Gormod o ganfas am rot. Too good a promise.	Tor much canvas for a groat (four pence)
093 Gwanid, or more properly, gwan-yd. Tail corn.	Weak-corn
094 Gwell baw o bell, na mêl o agos.	better dirt from a distance than honey from nearby
095 Gwneuthur melin ac eglwys. To project or undertake too large labours.	make a mill and a church
096 Gwell cynghor hen na’i faeddu.
097 Gwŷr yr Hen Blwyf, tlawd a balch., The men of the Old Parish, poor and proud.
098 Gwŷr y Brenin Sion, saith ugain y cant. King John’s men, seven score to the hundred: short people.
099 Gwŷr Abertawe’n tynu wrth y rhaffau. Said when the sun is near setting.	The people of Abertawe / Swansea pulling on the ropes
100 Gwylhersa, chwareu gwylhersi. Children playing and shouting.
101 Gwinio’r gofid yn ei chylch. Said when a woman is seen sewing a rent in her dress without taking it off.	Sewing the trouble around her
102 Harlach, maen harlach gwyllt yno. There is quite a kick up there
103 Hawdd tynu gwaed o hen lwgr.	= hawdd tynny gwaed o hen lwgr (it is) easy (to) draw blood from (an) old sore / scab
104 Hen weddal. A corruption of chwedl, an old story.
105 Hen grochan o ddyn. One who takes in everything.	(an) old cooking-pot of a man
106 Hen ridill. One who tells all he knows.	An old sieve
107 Hela diffrwyth i gòl, said of one who idles his time away doing nothing.
108 Heddwch gwŷr mawr. Great folks’peace - a cold reserve.
109 Hôl ac hebrwng.
110 Hwldi-drebwldwr. Helter-skelter.
111 Hur yr ên, a bwyta fyno.
112 Iorden: Tori iorden, a’i wado, neu ei lachio. To cut a rod, and beat him.
113 Inisient. A man not in his right mind. From the English, Innocent.
114 Iro dwylaw. To bribe.	grease hands
115 Llap y dwndwr. Tea, - Chatter-water.
116 Llap y deri. A lubberly fellow.
117 Llawer ffordd i ladd ci heb ei dagu o ’fenyn.
118 Lle mae’r ystarn yn gwasgu.
119 Lleidr yw llety.	(it is) a thief that-is (a) lodging
120 Lle mae ŵyau, daw rhagor.	Where there are eggs, more will come
121 Llwnc y trothwy. A greedy stomach.
122 Llwygan. Loafing.
123 Llusgo gwrysgen gerfydd ei brig.
124 Mab Mair i’th ran. The son of Mary be thy portion.
125 Mae baw yn y caws. There is something wrong.
126 Mae croen ei din ar ei dalcen, said of one in a bad temper.	The skin of his arse is on his forehead
127 Magu esgyrn bach.	Nurturing littler bones = be pregnant
128 Mae aroswch yn air hir i’r gwancus.
129 Mae drwg yn ei lawes.
130 Mae tro yn ei gynffon.	Theres a turn in his tail
131 Mae awch ar ei gryman.	There’s a (sharp) edge on his sickle
132 Mae’r dydd yn tynu ei gwt ato.	The day is drawing in its tail
133 Maethgen: Mi roes iddo faethgen. I gave him a good scolding.
134 Mae tri chynyg i Gymro. There are three chances for a Welshman.
135 Mae dwy wyneb i ystlys o gig moch.	There are two faces to a side of pork
136 Merch y crydd. A shoe	(the) daughter (of) the shoemaker
137 Mesur brethyn pawb wrth ei lathen ei hun.
138 Modfedd o fachgen, a mynydd o ferch.	(an) inch (of) (a) boy / man, and (a) mountain (of) (a) girl / woman
139 Mor dywyll a bola buwch.	As dark as the (inside of the) belly of a cow
140 Mor deneu a rhaca. As thin as a rake.
141 Mor feddw a whilber. As drunk as a wheelbarrow.
142 Mor dylawd a llygoden Eglwys. As poor as a Church mouse.
143 Mor onest a’r gyrchen.	As honest as the oat grain
144 Mor civil a hwch mewn sofl.
145 Morwyn gwr mawr a hwch melinydd.
146 Mor iach a’r ceiros.	As healthy as the cherries
147 Myned drwy wrysg y cae.
148 Myn jaics, Myn jawcs, Jacits, Jaws, Jais erioed. A parenthetic apology for Myn Diawl, like tfie English “By Gosh,” &c., for “By God.”
149 Myn Brain. This curious oath may have reference to “the ravens of Irien.” See the Welsh Mabinogion.
150 Nês penelin nag arddwrn.	(it is) nearer (to the heart) (an) elbow than (a) wrist
151 Ni waeth dywedyd wrtho, careg a thwll.
152 Ni ellir lladd mochyn bob dydd. One cannot have a feast every day.	On cannot slaughter a pig every day
153 Ni cheir chwareu â’r afal, a’i fwyta hefyd.
154 Nyfath. A very common word for a multitude. A rabble.
155 O Arswyd! , O Terror! an ejaculation expressive of astonishment, or fear.
156 O dan ei grwys. Lying in state.	Under his cross
157 Oen partha. A hearth-stone lamb.
158 Partha - buwch bartha. A tame cow.
159 Penllawr, - a passage in very old farmhouses, between the place the cattle were kept and the dwelling-house: - the cegin, and neuadd, and if there happen to be another and a better room, it was called y room goreu, or room back; parlours only belonged to the dwellings of the gentry in olden times, such as were to be seen in the mansion of “Ifor Hael,” and referred to by the Demetian Nightingale in his poems.
160 Petu. This word is generally used when a person is continually complaining. When there appear to be no cause.
161 Peidiwch a Phetu is often said to a man who finds fault with Providence, because he does not get all his covetous nature wishes for, though possessed of sufficient, if he could but enjoy it with contentment.
162 Pigewdyn. A rip.
163 Pina. A weakling.
164 Pica. Sharp, pert, impudent.
165 Pingwn. A gable end.
166 Piniwn: yn mhob pen mae piniwn. In every head there is an opinion.
167 Pobl y Bettws.
168 Priodi drwy’r berth.
169 Pilio wyau.
170 Pob peth newydd, dedwydd da.
171 Rathu, for Brathu. To sting, or stab.
172 Rhaid cael dau ffol i ffraeo.
173 Rhanu blewyn yn bedwar-ar-ddeg.
174 Rheffyn pen bys. An extempore sermon.
175 Rhwng seiri a phorthmyn.
176 Rhys o’r mynydd. A peculiar name given to the wind.
177 Rhwng cynffon y diawl a thwll ei d-n. (= din)
178 Rhwyllo: Mae’r gwlaw yn rhwyllo. The rain ceases.
179 Saem collen. A good drubbing.
180 Sang di fang.
181 Sion ’run siwd.
182 Siani naill ochr.
183 Sion pob ochr.
184 Scleis. A most curious name given to a fire shovel.
185 Shini flewog. The palmer worm.
186 Shaw. A very common word, meaning a large number: Shaw o ddynion. A lot of people, &c.
187 Slebis. Mess. Paid a gwneyd dy slebis. Don’t make thy mess.
188 Siencyn esmwyth. A kind of light food, consisting of bread soaked in water, with a little butter, sugar, and nutmeg.
189 Sug. A short chain used before the plough.
190 Trinsiwrn. The old wooden plate, evidently from the English trencher.
191 ’Ta’r byd yn myned yn badelli.
192 Taflu pal i do.	= taflu pâl i do
193 Tafla lluwch (llwch) i lygad.
194 Taflu’r droed ola’n mlaena’.
195 Teisien toes a chwnad - teisien heb wybod i’r siop.
196 Teisien fras felus - teisien lap.
197 Taplas groes, taplas gâs. These are expressions used when a contention between two separate sects is spoken of, and opposition meetings are held.
198 Talmu: ’does dim yn talmu arno. Naught makes an impression on him.
199 Tomen flodeuog. A slut in finery, a flowering dunghill.	(a) flowery dunghill
200 Tori cleddyf Arthur. To break, or cut Arthur’s sword. This is an exploit performed by the children at their plays.
201 Tawlu yn ei ddanedd. To upbraid one with anything.
202 Twm pob tamaid. An adept at anything.	Twm (Tom) (of) every little-bit
203 Trwst, twrf, tyrfa, trysa. Thunder.
204 Trysa a llychid. Thunder and lightning.
205 Twna. An obstinate, mulish disposition.
206 Walbi. A sagacious person.
207 Walu, wleua, for chwedleua. To talk.
208 Watch aur, neu glun bren. “A gold watch, or a wooden leg.” (Neck or nothing.)
209 Wedi carno’i filwg.	After putting a handle on his billhook
210 Wedi ei chnapio hi. A little drunk.
211 Wedi bod ar y gridill.
212 Wedi myned dros y cenglau: said of one who has taken too much drink.
213 Wedi estyn ei goes.	After stretching his leg i.e. dead
214 Wedi myned i glwb y racs. One newly married.	After going to the rag club
215 Y gwr daclws gerws.
216 Y llygaid yn fwy na’r bola.	The eyes bigger than the stomach
217 Yn bris o gant punt.
218 Yn ffolach na dail bysedd y cŵn.	More foolish than the leaves of a foxglove
219 Yr hen wlanen. A simpleton.	The old woollen garment
220 Yr hwch fud sy’n difa’r sôg.
221 Ystlys gerdded.
222 Yn poeri fel gwcw.	Spitting like a cuckoo
223 Yn mhob o dipyn mae gwân bys i d-n gwybedyn.	= ym mhob o dipyn mae gwân bys i din gwybedyn; (it is) bit by bit  (that-is) sticking (a) finger in (the) arse (of) a flea
224 Ymgreinad. To roll about with pain.
225 Yn ddyled o glust i glust. In debt from ear to ear.
226 Weather Prognostications. The cat washing her ears is a sign of wet weather; but if done when sitting with her back towards the fire, it is considered to be a prediction of a snow storm.
227 When the swallows are seen flying high, it is the sign of fair weather; but when flying low or near the earth, rain will follow.
228 To see sea-gulls coming in great number inland is a most unmistakeable prediction of stormy weather (tywydd creulon).
229 The sheep bleating and walking about restlessly, and the crows croaking, are looked upon as sure signs of rain.
230 Swine carrying straws in their mouths, and walking with their heads against the wind, are put down as predicting a heavy gale of wind.
231 The following fragments were quoted by the old people as weather prognostications:- “Bwa Drindod y borau, aml gawodau Bwa Drindod prydnawn, tegwch a gawn.” A rainbow in the morning is the shepherd’s warning A rainbow at night is the shepherd’s delight.
232 Pan gollir y gaw, o’r gogledd y daw, - Pan gollir yr hinon, o’r dwyrain daw atom.
233 Y wylan fach adnebydd, Pan fo’n gyfnewid tywydd; Hi hed yn deg ar aden wen, O’r mor i ben y mynydd.	The little seagull knows When there is a change (of) weather; She flies gracefully (‘fairly’) on a white wing From the sea to (the) top (of) the mountain
234 Fe neidia’r gath yn hoew, Rhwng gwynt a thywydd garw; Hi dro’i phen-ol tuag at y gwres, Po nesaf byddo’i fwrw.
235 Pan welir moel y Caera’ Yn gwisgo cap y bora’; Ond odid fawr cyn haner dydd, Bydd ar ei grudd hi ddagra.’
236 Pan glywer y mor yn crochlefain yn flin, A’r cwmwl yn dew dros ben Castell Penllin; Os gwir y ddiareb, mae cawod o wlaw Yn magu’n yr wybren, a’i syrthiad gerllaw. Translated by lolo Morganwg. When the hoarse waves of Severn are screaming aloud, And Penlline’s lofty Castle’s involved in a cloud; If true the old proverb, a shower of rain Is brooding above, and will soon drench the plain.
237 Pan fyddo Mynydd Caera’ A’i gap yn cuddo’i gopa; O niwlyn tew, am hyny taw – Mae ynddi wlaw mi brwfa.

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