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Marwnat Owein Vocabulary Flashcards

1
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Marwnat Owein ll. 1, 22
Eneit

A

Soul
(Masculine and feminine noun)

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2
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Marwnat Owein l. 2
Gobwyllit

A

Let … think
(3rd singular imperative)

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Marwnat Owein ll. 2, 16
Reit

A

Needs; needed
(Plural masculine noun)

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4
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Marwnat Owein ll. 3, 8
Vd

A

Lord
(Masculine noun)

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5
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Marwnat Owein l. 3
Cud

A

Hides
(3rd singular present indicative)

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Marwnat Owein l. 3
Tromlas

A

Heavy green [sward]
(Adjective for noun)

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Marwnat Owein ll. 4, 12
Nyt oed

A

It was not
(3rd singular preterite)

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Marwnat Owein l. 4
Vas

A

Shallow
(Adjective)
(Lenited from ‘bas’; preceded directly by verb.)

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9
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Marwnat Owein l. 4
Y gywydeit

A

To praise him
(Verbal noun)
(NB: ‘Y’ combines the preverbal particle with the infixed pronoun; functionally ‘y’y’.)

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10
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Marwnat Owein l. 5
Iscell

A

Cell below the earth
(Feminine noun)

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Marwnat Owein l. 5
Kerdglyt

A

Renowned in song
(Adjective)
(NB: ‘Kerdglyt clotuawr’ is probably in a genitive construction that relates to Owain; thus, supply an ‘of the one who’ prior.)

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12
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Marwnat Owein l. 5
Clotuawr

A

Famed
(Adjective)
(NB: ‘Kerdglyt clotuawr’ is probably in a genitive construction that relates to Owain; thus, supply an ‘of the one who’ prior.)

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13
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Marwnat Owein l. 6
Escyll

A

Wings
(Plural feminine noun)

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14
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Marwnat Owein l. 6
Gawr

A

Dawn
(Masculine and feminine noun)
(NB: Read as ‘gwawr’.)

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15
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Marwnat Owein l. 6
Gwaywawr

A

Spears
(Plural masculine and feminine noun)

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16
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Marwnat Owein l. 6
Llifeit

A

Whetted
(Adjective)

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17
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Marwnat Owein l. 7
Cany

A

Since
(Conjunction)

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18
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Marwnat Owein l. 7
Cheffir

A

There is found
(Impersonal present indicative)
(NB: ‘Caffael’ can also mean ‘to find, to discover’ as well as ‘to get, to have’.)

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19
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Marwnat Owein l. 7
Kystedlyd

A

No equal
(Masculine and feminine noun)

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20
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Marwnat Owein l. 8
Llewenyd

A

Llwyfenydd
(Proper noun)
(Meaning unclear. Following Williams’s suggestion.)

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21
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Marwnat Owein l. 8
Llatreit

A

Splendid
(Adjective)
(NB: Read as llathreit, ‘radiant, resplendent, splendid’.)

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22
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Marwnat Owein l. 9
Medel

A

Reaper
(Feminine noun)

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23
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Marwnat Owein l. 9
Galon

A

Enemies
(Masculine noun)
(NB: Grammatically singular, but translated as plural.)

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24
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Marwnat Owein l. 9
Geueilat

A

Captor
(Masculine noun)

25
Q

Marwnat Owein l. 10
Eissylut

A

Nature; disposition
(Masculine noun)
(NB: Possibly supply the comparative ‘like’ before this for a better translation.)

26
Q

Marwnat Owein l. 10
Teit

A

Forefathers; grandfather
(Could be ‘teit’ as in northern Welsh, or the plural of ‘tat’.)

27
Q

Marwnat Owein l. 11
Pan

A

When
(Conjunction)

28
Q

Marwnat Owein l. 11
Ladawd

A

Killed
(3rd singular preterite)
(Lenited from ‘lladawd’; preceded by conjunction ‘pan’.)

29
Q

Marwnat Owein l. 12
Vwy noc et

A

More than
(Comparative adjective)
(Lenited from ‘mwy’; unsure why.)
(NB: ‘Noc et’ is an older spelling of ‘noc’.)

30
Q

Marwnat Owein l. 12
Kysceit

A

Sleeping
(Verbal noun)

31
Q

Marwnat Owein l. 13
Kyscit

A

Sleeps
(3rd singular present indicative; old absolute ending.)
(NB: The absolute ending is used when a verb begins a clause; there is no need for a preverbal particle before.)

32
Q

Marwnat Owein l. 13
Llydan

A

Broad
(Adjective)

33
Q

Marwnat Owein l. 13
Nifer

A

Host
(Masculine and feminine noun)

34
Q

Marwnat Owein l. 14
Leuuer

A

Light
(Masculine noun)
(Lenited from ‘lleuuer’; preceded by conjunction ‘a’, ‘with’.)

35
Q

Marwnat Owein l. 14
Llygeit

A

Eyes
(Plural masculine and feminine noun)

36
Q

Marwnat Owein l. 15
Rei

A

Those; some
(Pronoun)

37
Q

Marwnat Owein l. 15
Ffoynt

A

Fled
(3rd plural imperfect indicative)

38
Q

Marwnat Owein l. 15
Ny … hayach

A

Scarcely; not much
(Adverb)
(NB: Hayach is literally ‘almost’, but becomes the inverse when in a negative clause.)

39
Q

Marwnat Owein l. 16
Oedynt

A

They were
(3rd plural preterite)

40
Q

Marwnat Owein l. 16
[Hya]ch

A

Bolder
(Equative adjective)

41
Q

Marwnat Owein l. 16
No

A

Than
(Preposition)

42
Q

Marwnat Owein l. 17
Copses

A

Punished
(3rd singular preterite)

43
Q

Marwnat Owein l. 17
Yn drut

A

Without restraint
(Compound adjective)

44
Q

Marwnat Owein ll. 18, 21
Mal

A

Like
(Conjunction)

45
Q

Marwnat Owein l. 18
Cnut

A

Pack of wolves
(Feminine noun)

46
Q

Marwnat Owein l. 18
Dylut

A

Pursuing
(Verbal noun)
(NB: Preceded by predicative particle.)

47
Q

Marwnat Owein l. 18
Deueit

A

Sheep
(Plural feminine noun)

48
Q

Marwnat Owein l. 19
Gwiw

A

Worthy
(Adjective)

49
Q

Marwnat Owein l. 19
Uch

A

Above
(Preposition)
(NB: This translation doesn’t make much sense. Clancy adapts it to ‘in’ in his translation.)

50
Q

Marwnat Owein l. 19
Amliw

A

Multicoloured
(Adjective)

51
Q

Marwnat Owein l. 19
Seirch

A

Armour
(Feminine noun)

52
Q

Marwnat Owein l. 20
Rodei

A

Used to give
(3rd singular consuetudinal past)
(NB: The habitual sense of the mood.)

53
Q

Marwnat Owein l. 20
Veirch

A

Horses
(Plural masculine noun)
(Lenited from ‘meirch’; noun acting as object preceded directly by verb.)

54
Q

Marwnat Owein l. 20
Eircheit

A

Suppliants
(Plural masculine noun)

55
Q

Marwnat Owein l. 21
Kyd

A

Although
(Conjunction)

56
Q

Marwnat Owein l. 21
Cronyei

A

He hoarded
(3rd singular imperfect indicative)

57
Q

Marwnat Owein l. 21
Calet

A

Obstinate one
(Adjective for noun)

58
Q

Marwnat Owein l. 22
Ny rannet

A

He does not divide [them]
(3rd singular present imperative)
(NB: Williams amends the negative particle ‘ny’ to ‘ry’, because it doesn’t seem to make much sense contextually. This may be true– ‘n’ and ‘r’ looked similar in old Welsh orthography. However, be careful before making this change as it has big thematic implications.)

59
Q

Marwnat Owein l. 22
Rac

A

Because of; for the sake of
(Conjunction)

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