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§ 71

āg > O. W. oü, Ml. W. eu, Mn. W. eu, au; thus breuant ‘wind-pipe’, O. W. &#8209;brouannou < *brāgn̥t&#8209;: Ir. brāge gl. cervix, O. Bret. brehant;—W. pau ‘country’, O. Bret. pou, Corn. pow < Lat. pāg-us;—so āk or āg before a consonant: W. gwaun, O. W. guoun 156, 196 ‘lowland’, Ir. fān < *u̯ākn- < *u̯o-ak&#8209;n- § 104 iii (1);—W. ceulo ‘to congeal’ < *cāgl- < Lat. co-āg’l-o. But before t the ā is shortened § 74 iv.

&#8209;ān- often gives onn in the present penult: cronni: crawn § 202 v (2);—ffynhonnau ‘fountains’ < fontān&#8209;;—Meirẏonnyẟ 122,  263, beside Meirẏonyẟ do. 303, 306, < Mariān&#8209;.