gorfodog
Welsh edit
Etymology edit
From Middle Welsh gorvodawc. Synchronically analysable as gorfod (“victory, triumph”) + -og.[1]
Pronunciation edit
- (North Wales) IPA(key): /ɡɔrˈvɔdɔɡ/
- (South Wales) IPA(key): /ɡɔrˈvoːdɔɡ/, /ɡɔrˈvɔdɔɡ/
Adjective edit
gorfodog (feminine singular gorfodog, plural gorfodogion, equative mor orfodog, comparative mwy gorfodog, superlative mwyaf gorfodog)
- victorious, triumphant
- Synonyms: buddugol, gorchfygol, gorfodol
Noun edit
gorfodog m (plural gorfodogion)
- victor, conqueror
- Synonyms: buddugwr, gorchfygwr, gorfodwr
- (law, historical) bond, surety paid for one accused of a crime under medieval Welsh law[2]
- (law) sequestrator, executor
Mutation edit
| Welsh mutation | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| radical | soft | nasal | aspirate |
| gorfodog | orfodog | ngorfodog | unchanged |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | |||
References edit
- ^ R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “gorfodog”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
- ^ * A. Wade-Evans. Welsh Medieval Law.