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Aberystwyth, Wales
Joined May 2017
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Word of the Day: gwrach geiriadur.ac.uk/gpc/gpc.html… a witch, sorceress, or enchantress; and a derogatory term for an old woman. The earliest record of 'gwrach' dates from 13th C., though we know that the tradition surrounding sorcery and witchcraft is much older than this in Wales.
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Word of the day: mantell geiriadur.ac.uk/gpc/gpc.html… It's not only the #Traitors who are famous for wearing cloaks! Buried on this day in 1789, the mystic Mary Evans and her sect wore white cloaks when holding ceremonies. See The Dictionary of Welsh Biography biography.wales/article/s-EV…
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Word of the Day: mes ffawydd geiriadur.ac.uk/gpc/gpc.html…. They are the triangular acorns or nuts that fall off beech trees in autumn. The literal translation is ‘beech acorns’ but other Welsh names, cnau bîts(h) and cnau ffawydd, literally mean ‘beech nuts’.
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Word of the day: geiriadur.ac.uk/gpc/gpc.html… YMDROCHI ‘to bathe’, which is used in the context of washing in water, or entering water for pleasure (to swim, etc.). This blackbird is clearly enjoying its YMDROCHI! For more about the etymology of the word, see under trochaf: trochi.
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Gair y dydd: golygu geiriadur.ac.uk/gpc2/gpc.htm Heddiw mae Dr Angharad Fychan, un o olygyddion hŷn GPC, yn dathlu 30 mlynedd o ymroddiad i'r gwaith. Llongyfarchiadau ar gyrraedd y garreg filltir hon, a dymunir iddi bob mwynhad gyda'r holl olygu sydd eto i ddod!
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Word of the Day: pentan geiriadur.ac.uk/gpc/gpc.html…. It means a hob or chimney-corner. The Welsh novelist Daniel Owen, who was born on this date in 1836, wrote a collection of short stories entitled Straeon y Pentan.
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Word of the Day: cyfedd geiriadur.ac.uk/gpc/gpc.html… As a noun, 'cyfedd' is a feast, a fellow-banqueter, companion, or a friend. Thank you to all the speakers for such a delightful feast of talks today at our biannual Friends of the Dictionary meeting!
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Word of the day: trydar geiriadur.ac.uk/gpc/gpc.html… Originally 'a twittering ... birdsong', by now it also refers to the action of posting a message on social media, amongst other meanings. I wonder what message or story the birds in the clip are sharing?
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Word of the Day: pompion geiriadur.ac.uk/gpc/gpc.html…. The earliest example of ‘pompion’ comes from the 1588 Bible and is much older than ‘pwmpen’ which is widely used now. Often seen in shops at this time of year.
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Friends old and new are welcome!
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Word of the day: TOMATO geiriadur.ac.uk/gpc/gpc.html… 🍅 The word originates from tomatl in Nahuatl, one of the indigenous languages of Mexico. Another name for a tomato in Welsh was afal cariad ‘love apple’, a term also used for an aubergine.
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Word of the day: un geiriadur.ac.uk/gpc/gpc.html… A short word with many meanings, including one; single, individual, only, sole; unique, special; united and combined. The expression 'un o fil' for example, refers to an exceptional person (one in a thousand)
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Word of the day: yw geiriadur.ac.uk/gpc/gpc.html… Yew trees are traditionally planted in churchyards, and are regarded as symbols of sadness, or linked with superstition. A church and gravestones can be glimpsed through the needles of the yew tree in the photograph.
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Word of the Day: glais geiriadur.ac.uk/gpc/gpc.html…. It means ‘a stream or rivulet’ and occurs in the names of rivers such as Gwenlais, and on its own in the name Glais near Swansea. It was on this date in 1879 that the poet, preacher and politician known as Niclas y Glais was born.
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Word of the day: madarch geiriadur.ac.uk/gpc/gpc.html… One of the many names for mushrooms found in GPC which include bwyd y barcud (food for the red kite)/boda (buzzard)/broga (frog), and ellyllon (goblins)! See also caws llyffant, shrwmps, sirwms, and grawn bwytadwy.
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Word of the Day: gŵyl Fihangel geiriadur.ac.uk/gpc/gpc.html…. Today is Michaelmas day or the festival of St.Michael, and the Welsh names ‘gŵyl Fihangel’ and ‘dyw gŵyl Fihangel’ date back to the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries.
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Word of the day: BALCHDER geiriadur.ac.uk/gpc/gpc.html… 'pride', used in a positive sense, as in the pride or pleasure one feels following an achievement (as in the swan's evident pride at producing her egg here); or in a negative sense for a high opinion of one’s self, or arrogance.
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Friends old and new are very welcome!
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Word of the Day: GWAWN geiriadur.ac.uk/gpc/gpc.html… Meaning gossamer and cobwebs, flying in the wind on a sunny day, settling over the grass and hedges. 'Gwawn' is also used in a transferred or metaphoric sense of the fairness of a woman’s complexion or of her light hair.
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Word of the day: cadw geiriadur.ac.uk/gpc/gpc.html… William Salesbury cites 'Kadw o ddefeit A flocke of shepe' in his 1547 Dictionary. The name refers to a flock or herd of kept animals.
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