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62 :Hḗais fal orohī́an
 * I chlṓd yng Ngwynedd achlā́n.—D.G. 235.

‘I have sown her praises like a paean through the whole of Gwynedd.’

iii. Many adverbial expressions of three syllables, consisting of a monosyllabic noun repeated after a preposition, form improper compounds accented on the penult; as ol-ỿ́n-ol ‘track in track’, i.e. ‘in succession’, ben-drá-phen ‘head over head’, law-ỿ́n-llaw ‘hand in hand’, etc. The first noun may have a secondary or separate accent, as blìth drá-phlith ‘helter-skelter’. The first noun being in an adverbial case has a soft initial.


 * A daufrawd ieuaf ar ôl
 * Eli énw̯og ol-ỿ́n-ol.—G.Gl., i 201.

‘And two younger brothers in succession after the famous Eli.’


 * Oes hwy no thri, Siôn, y’th roer,
 * Law-ỿ́n-llaw â’th law̯én-lloer.—T.A., 14866/74b.

‘For a life longer than three, Siôn, mayst thou be spared, hand in hand with thy bright moon.’ See also E.P. 240.


 * Ael-ỿ́n-ael â’i elỿ́ni̯on.—D.N., i 160.

‘Brow to brow with his enemies.’


 * Dal-ỿ́n-nal rhwng dwy lánnerch.—D.N., 136/147.

‘Face to face between two glades’; ýnnal for ýn-nhal, § 48 ii.


 * Daw o déidi̯au dad-í-dad,
 * Gollwyn hen,—nid gwell un had.—W.Ỻ.

‘He comes from forebears, father to father, like an ancient hazel-grove—there is no better seed.’


 * Arglwyddi lī́n ó-lin ynt. —L.G.C. 460.

‘They are lords from line to line.’

See wers dragwers Ỻ.. 164 ‘reciprocally’, gylch ogylch do. 166 ‘round about’, ddẃrn trá-dwrn, láw drá-llaw, L.G.C. 18. In many cases the first noun also is preceded by a preposition, as


 * Marchog o lī́n ó-lin oedd. L.Mor., . 292.

‘He was a knight from line to line.’

See o lwyn í-lwyn D.G. 141, o law í-law do. 145. Cf. Late Mn. W. í-gam ó-gam ‘zig-zag’.