hwrdd
Welsh edit
Etymology edit
Possibly related to hwrdd (“violent push, thrust, blow”); the latter is thought to derive from an earlier *sor-d-, from Proto-Indo-European *ser- (“to flow”). Cognate with Cornish hordh.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
hwrdd m (plural hyrddod, not mutable)
- (South Wales) a ram, a male sheep
- Synonym: maharen
- a battering ram
- Synonyms: hwrddbeiriant, hwrdd rhyfel, magnel hwrdd
- a rammer
- a grayling, Thymallus thymallus
- Synonym: cangen las
- an idiot
Derived terms edit
- fel hwrdd mewn niwl (“in a helpless state”)
- gefel ben hwrdd (“ram's head (pincers)”)
- Hwrdd (“Aries”)
- hwrdd palmentu (“rammer”)
- hwrdd rhyfel (“battering ram”)
- hwrddbeiriant (“battering ram”)
- hyrddes (“"she-ram", derogatory term for a person”)
- magnel hwrdd (“battering ram”)
- oen hwrdd (“ram lamb”)
Further reading edit
- R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “hwrdd”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies