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§ 130 :Ni thawaf, od af heb dâl,
 * Mwy nog eos mewn gw̯ī́al.—D.G. 418, cf. 151.

‘I will not be silent, though I go without pay, more than a nightinggalenightingale [sic] in the branches. ’
 * E gaeodd Mai â gwī́ail
 * Y llwybrau yn dyrrau dail.—D.G. 442, cf. 87, 162, 225.

‘May has blocked up with twigs the paths into masses of leaves.’
 * Mawr yw seren y morwyr,
 * Mwy yw no swrn o’r mân sŷr.—L.G.C. 459.

‘Great is the star of the mariners, greater than a cluster of small stars.’
 * Dy ryw cyn amled a’r onn,
 * Derw̯goed yw’r dreigiau dewrion.—T.A. 14975/11.

‘Thy kindred are as numerous as ash-trees, but the brave dragons are oaks.’

A noun may fall in more than one of the classes mentioned in § 126; thus cwningen, pl. 1 cwning, 2 cwningod; gelyn, pl. 1 galon, 3 gelynion; dalen, pl. 1 dail, 3 dalennau; defnyn, pl. 2 dafnau, 3 defynnau; asen ‘rib’, pl. 1 ais, 2 asau, 3 asennau.
 * Rhyfedd yw’r ais, a’i rhifo,
 * Fal cronglwyd lle tynnwyd to.—I.B.H., . 17.

‘Strange are my ribs, and to be counted, like rafters where the roof has been taken away.’
 * Ef a wŷs ar fy asau
 * Am gelu hyn im gulhau.—B.Br. 82/293, cf. D.G. 295.

‘It is evident from my ribs that I have become lean through concealing this [secret].’
 * Siôn ffriw ac asennau Ffranc
 * Sy lew brau—Salbri ieuanc.—T. A., 14965/44.

‘Siôn, of the face and frame of a Frank, is a spirited lion—young Salesbury.’

i. A noun not ending in ‑yn or ‑en may have two forms of the sg. owing to various phonetic accidents: (1) ‑yf: ‑eu § 76 vii: cleẟyf. 1236 ‘sword’, cleẟeu do. 1369, pl. cleẟyfeu; neẟyf do. 1237 ‘adze’, and neẟeu.

dant, daint ‘tooth’, pl. dannedd § 122 iii (2).

gwyry, gwyrf, gwerydd ‘virgin’, pl. gweryddon § 110 ii (3).