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418 yng^yS 'in the presence of, yn fy ngwydd 'in my presence ', i'tk wydd ' into thy presence ', o'i gwydd ( from her presence ', etc.

gwy8 63 iv.

o blegid 'on account of, o'th llegid 'on thy account'; ym plegyd M.A. i 306 ' on account of.

plegid (t for y after g, 77 ii) < Lat. placitum.

ar gyfair (now misspelt ar gyfer) 'opposite', arfy ngJiyfair 1 opposite me ' ; ynghyfair ' opposite, against, instead of ; Ml. W. ar gyveir, yngkyveir, etc. ; y gyveir W.M. 449 ' the direction '.

O.W. ar cyueyr L.L. 141, ar ciueir do. 196 ; Ml. W. ar gyfeir W.M. 250; yghyveir do. 449, ygkyveir R.M. 293 'opposite', yn y gyveir R.M. 141 'in front of him, straight ahead', Mn. W. ar gyfj,ir D.G. 189 (rh. with leddf-air).

The reason for the misspelling is partly the dialectal pronunc., 6 iii ; and partly perhaps the form cyfer- in cyf-erbyn etc. All the derivatives, cyfeiriad ' direction ', cyfeirio ' to direct ', etc., are from cyfair.

cyfair < *kom-ario-, a compound of *kom- and *ario- < *p e ri-o-, a noun formed from the prep. *p e ri : Lat. prae, etc. 156 i (6).

o flaen ' in front of, ymlaen id., o'm blaen ' in front of me ', dos yn dy flaen ' go in front of thee ', i.e. go on, ymlaen llaw ' beforehand '.

dyvot ymlaen llu Ynys y Kedyrn W.M. 54 ' to come in front of the host of the Isle of the Mighty'; yn ^ vlaen ac yn y ol B.M. 149 'hefore him and after him'; kernel oe blaen do. 49, W.M. 68 'to walk before them '.

blaen, O.W. blain : Corn, blyn ' tip ', Bret, blein, blin ' bout, extr6- mit^'. The meanings of the noun in W. are i. ' source' (of a river) frequent in L.L., and common later, 2. 'point' (of a needle, blade, epear, twig, etc.), 3. pi. blaenau in place-names ' outlying parts where valleys are hemmed in by mountains '. The orig. meaning seems to be therefore ' discharge, project ' ; hence prob. V g*ele- : Gk. /3oAAa> ' I throw ', /3Xr)fjLa, fioXr), ySo'Xos ' a throw ', /3oAi9 ' arrow ', O.H.G. qudlan ' to well, to gush ', O. Norse kelda ' source ', Gk. yScXov?/ ' needle ', Lith. gelti ' to prick ', gelonls ' needle ', etc. The formation is not quite clear ; the Corn, and Bret, forms seem to imply Brit. *blani- ( < *g*h-ni- : cf. Lith. gelonis) ; and the W. may represent the same with met. of t, 100 v; *ai > *oi > ae after the labial, blaenaf 149 i.