llamhidydd

Welsh
Llamhidydd

Etymology

From llamu (“to leap”) +‎ -idydd.[1]

Pronunciation

Noun

llamhidydd m (plural llamidyddion)[2]

  1. porpoise[2]
    Synonyms: llambedyddiol, môr-hwch, morwch
  2. (obsolete) dancer[3]
    Synonym: dawnsiwr
  3. (obsolete) leaper, jumper
    Synonyms: llamwr, neidiwr

Quotations
Quotations: circa 1436 – 1898
  • circa 1436: Rhys Goch Eryri (Iolo Goch), [cywydd]; reprinted in:
  • 2007: Sally Harper, Music in Welsh Culture Before 1650: A Study of the Principal Sources, page 11 (Ashgate Publishing; →ISBN — spelling modernised in the reprint
    Pob crythor ddihepgor ddyn
    Dilys a phob cerdd delyn;
    Pob trwmpls propr hirgorn copr cau,
    Pob sôn pobl, pob sŵn pibau;
    Pob hudol, anfoddol fydd,
    Llwm hadl, a phob llamhidydd;
    pob ffidler law draw y dring,
    Pob swtr tabwrdd, pob sawtring.
    Every crwth player – indispensable, faultless man –
    and every tune of the harp;
    every seemly trumpet with its long, hollow, copper horn,
    every chatter from people, every sound from pipes;
    every conjurer – unseemly he is –
    and every tumbler;
    every fiddler’s hand climbs up yonder,
    every adversary with a drum, every psaltery.
  • circa 1564–1634: Tomas Prys of Plasiolyn, Y Llamhidydd; reprinted in:
  • 2008: Arthur Hughes, Cywyddau Cymru, pages 179–180 (BiblioBazaar, LLC; →ISBN — spelling modernised in the reprint
    Y llamhidydd llym hoywdeg,
    Yn llamu’n frau y tonnau teg,
    Llawen ydwyd lle nodir,
    Llon ym mrig ton ym mro tir;
    Ffrom olwg, ffriw ymyloer,
    A phryd arth yn y ffrwd oer.
    Twrch heli taer uchelwaith,
    Treigla’r môr, tro eglur maith;
    Drwy yr haf, pan dry yr hin,
    Doi i rocio ymlaen drycin.
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  • 1728–1765: [One of the four sons of Morris ap Rhisiart Morris], [letter]; reprinted in:
  • 1907: John Humphreys (editor), The letters of Lewis, Richard, William and John Morris of Anglesey (Morrisiaid Môn), 1728–1765, volume 1, page 493 (self-published; printed by Fox, Jones)
    […] tonnau, ac yn marchogaeth ar gefn llamhidyddion, ag yn ymgomio a’r môr forwynion ar rheini yn ei berchi ag yn ysgwyd eu cynffonau arno, yno mi ddeallais mai rhyw wr santaidd ydoedd, ag o dippyn i dippyn wrth fy addfwynder mi ymlithrais iw gymdeithas ef, […]
    (please add an English translation of this quotation)
  • 1898: Iolo Goch and Charles Ashton (editor), Gweithiau Iolo Goch: gyda nodiadau hanesyddol a beiriadol, page 513 (Honourable Society of Cymmrodorion (London, England); printed by W. Minshall & co.)
    Gofyna, Pa beth wyd — ai herod, ai hudol, ai llamhidydd, ai bro Adda, ai breuddwyd, ai brwydr oer, ai bradwr, ai gau-dduw, ai paintiwr ?
    (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Mutation
Welsh mutation
radical soft nasal aspirate
llamhidydd lamhidydd unchanged unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References
  1. R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “llamhidydd”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
  2. Y Geiriadur Newydd : The New Welsh Dictionary by Harold Meurig Evans and William Owen Thomas (5th Ed.; 1964; Llyfrau’r Dryw (C. Davies)), page 410
  3. An English and Welsh dictionary by John Walters (3rd Ed.; 1828), page 322
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