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§§ 187, 188 :Llaw Rys nid llai a roesoeẟ.—H.D., 99/482. ‘The hand of Rhys has given no less.’ Other Late Ml. forms are r͑oẟassoeẟ, r͑ossoeẟ, Cymmrodor ix 77. Gwent rysoeddyd 30.

On the origin of rhoddaf, see § 179 ii.

i. arhoaf 17 ‘I wait’, contr. arhṓf, is conjugated like tro-af, trṓf, except that the v.n. is arhos 17, Mn. W. aros; thus Mn. W. ind. pres. sg. 1. arhṓf, 2. arhói, 3. éry; pl. 1. arhówn, 2. arhówch, 3. arhṓnt; impv. sg. 2. áro ‘stay!’ Ml. W. arho 17, aro do. 125; etc.
 * Â gwaew hir gwae a’i héry.—I.H.S. 26.

‘Woe to him who awaits him with a long spear.’
 * Neidia goruwch hen adwy
 * I’r maes, ac nac aro mwy.—D.G. 30.

‘Jump over an old gap into the field, and stay no longer.’
 * Nid arhṓn’ hwy draean hyn.—I.F., . 148/721.

‘They will not remain one third of this [time].’

The above conjugation persisted well into the Late Mn. period, e.g. arhoent. 23, arhowch do. 102; but in the late 15th cent, a new formation sprang up in which the v.n. aros is substituted for the stem aro‑, giving arhosaf, etc. The earliest examples I have noted are in I.F.
 * Od ymddengys Rhys arhosaf.—I.F., 148/301.

‘If Rhys appears, I will stay.’ So Arhoswch farn, rhoesoch fedd I.F. 83/33, pan arhoser do. 100/79.

caffaf ‘I shall get’ has stem kaff‑, kah- or ka- in Ml. W., and ca- in Mn. W. with ‑ff- in 3rd sg. pres. ind. and in subj.; and is conjugated regularly, except in the aor. The forms that occur are as follows.