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320 cyll;—torraf ‘I break’, tyrr, written tyr;—atebaf ‘I answer’, etyb;—gwelaf ‘I see’, gwŷl, in Late Mn. W. gwêl;—cynhaliaf ‘I hold’, cynnail, cynneil;—gwahar&shy;ddaf ‘I prohibit’, gwéheirdd D.G. 20;—ataliaf ‘I withhold’, eteil;—gwasgaraf ‘I scatter’, gwesgyr and gwasgar;—tawaf ‘I am or become silent’,, tau;—(g)adawaf ‘I leave’, edeu, gedy;—tarawaf ‘I strike’,    63, tery;—gw(a)randawaf ‘I listen’,  , gwrendy;—gosodaf ‘I set’, gesyd;—cyrhae&shy;ddaf ‘I reach’, cyrraidd;—sorraf ‘I sulk’, syrr, written syr;—somaf (si̯omaf) ‘I dis&shy;appoint, cheat’, sym;—dïolchaf ‘I thank’, dḯylch;—parchaf ‘I respect’, peirch  50,  17, G.Gr. 254;—arbedaf ‘I spare’, erbyd Diar. vi 34, E.P. 269 (but arbed Es. lv 7);—rhangaf fodd ‘I please’, reingk boẟ 277.
 * Ni ain o fewn main y mur,
 * Ni bu ’n f’oes neb un fesur.—T.A., 14967/91b.

‘There is not contained within the stones of the wall, there has not been in my time, any one of the same stature.’
 * Am na ain d’aur mewn un dwrn.—T.A. 14975/16. ‘Because thy gold will not go into one hand’ (is more than a handful).
 * A fo doeth efo a dau;
 * Annoeth ni reol enau.—G.I.H., . 87.

‘[He] who is wise is silent; the unwise does not control [his] mouth.’ Pan vynner iẟi tewi hi a teu 122 ‘when one wishes it (a certain harp) to be silent, it is silent’. fel y tau dafad Es. liii 7 ‘as a sheep is dumb’.
 * O syr, lle gwesgyr gwasgwyn,
 * O’m dawr, Gwyn ap Nudd i’m dwyn.—D.G. 246.

‘If he sulks, where he scatters [his] gasconade, G. ap N. take me if I care.’
 * Nid yw anair ond ennyd;
 * Ni sym twyll mo bwyll y byd.—E.P. 271.

‘Calumny is but [for] a while; deceit will not cheat the good sense of the world’; ny’m sym 1198 ‘will not dis&shy;appoint me’.
 * I Dduw Madog a ddḯylch
 * Gan i chwaer hael cael y cylch.—D.G. 292.

‘Madoc thanks God that he has had the ring from his generous sister.’ Cf. 167, L.G.C. 70.

In many verbs which have a, the vowel is un&shy;affected; thus câr ‘loves’, cân ‘sings’, tâl ‘pays’, gad ‘leaves’; also in some with e, as cymer ‘takes’, adfer ‘restores’, arfer ‘uses’.

Some verbs with a have both the affected and unaffected form; thus gallaf ‘I can’, geill Ỻ.A. 169, D.G. 29, or gall E.P. 259; dïalaf ‘I avenge’, dïail D.G. 162, G.G1., 108/41 B., dḯal L.Môn § 186 ii; chwarddaf ‘I laugh’, chweirẟ  1240, chwardd D.G. 402, L.G.C. 379, Job xli 29, Ps. ii 4; barnn Ỻ.A. 64 ‘judges’, beirn  1321.