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§ 33 ‘Greek’, and in verbal forms such as aed ‘let him go’, rhoed ‘let him give’, rhoes ‘he gave’; see § 185.

ii. The, 1119, states that ey is always a disyllable. This is not necessarily the case in the penult, for in such forms as keɥrɥẟ, § 122 ii (3), pl. of kaer ‘fort’, treɥthɥch 1153 from traethaf ‘I treat’, etc., it is an old affection of ae. In other cases, however, the diphthong is late, and the disyllabic form is used in poetry down to the 16th cent. Thus:


 * Lloer yvi a dawn llawer ,
 * Lleuad rhïanedd Llë|ɥn.—G.Gl., 148/191.

‘She is the moon and the grace of many women, the moon of the ladies of Lleyn.’ See also I.G. 388, 405.


 * Salbri ieuanc sêl brë|ɥr
 * Sydd i gael swyddau a .—Gu.O.  14967/94.

‘Young Salesbury of the stamp of a chieftain [is he] who is to have offices and men.’


 * Nid âi na chawr na dyn ,
 * Heb haint Dmv, a’n pen të|ɥrn.—T.A. ii 81.

‘Neither a giant nor a violent man, without the scourge of God, could take our liege lord.’ See 176,  14, 33. See hë|ɥrn / të|ɥrn / kedɥrn 1226.