Cartoon style drawing of a happy black cat surrounded by various items that have superstitions attached to them, e.g. a four-leaf clover, a broken mirror, a horseshoe, &c.
Word of the day: ofergoel geiriadur.ac.uk/gpc/gpc.html...
Ofer (worthless) + coel (belief), ‘superstition, vain belief’. Those of us that are superstitious believe Friday the 13th to be an unlucky day. Don’t walk under any ladders today, just in case ....!
Electric kettle
Word of the Day tegell www.geiriadur.ac.uk/gpc/gpc.html... Vessel for boiling water (to make tea etc). Also tecell, tegel, tecel, tecil etc.
Weathered hewn stone
Word of the day: hindreulio ‘to weather’ www.geiriadur.ac.uk/gpc/gpc.html.... The picture shows hewn stone from the Old College building at Aberystwyth University, weathered by the elements.
A portrait of Iolo Morganwg created in 1800 with the words Edward Williams, Bardd Braint a Defod underneath
Word of the Day: amryddawn geiriadur.ac.uk/gpc/gpc.html... i.e. multitalented, to describe Iolo Morganwg who was born on this date in 1747. He was a poet and antiquarian but also active in many other fields and a fervent campaigner for the abolition of slavery.
A display of expensive jewellery, including gemstone earrings, pearls, and a diamond tiara.
Word of the day: addurndlws (jewellery). www.geiriadur.ac.uk/gpc/gpc.html... Gemwaith is more familiar. There are some expensive examples in the photo!
8 porchell yn gorwedd ar wair / 8 young pigs laying on hay
Word of the Day: porchell (pl. porchellod, perchyll) geiriadur.ac.uk/gpc/gpc.html... This name, meaning (young) pig or piglet, was first recorded in Llyfr Iorwerth in the 13th century and is borrowed from the Latin 'porcellus'. Other names for a young pig are 'banw' and 'mochyn bach' 🐷
A patient refusing the prescriptions of opposing doctors; satirizing Lord John Russell's refusal to take any further part in electoral reform
Word of the Day gwrthod www.geiriadur.ac.uk/gpc/gpc.html... To refuse, reject, decline.
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Dewdrops on grass
Word of the day: RHIF Y GWLITH ‘countless, innumerable’,https://geiriadur.ac.uk/gpc/gpc.html?rhif%20gwlith
Literally the number of the dewdrops. It is often used in phrases such as ‘bendithion rif y gwlith’ (countless blessings) or ‘helbulon rif y gwlith’ (countless difficulties).
Colourful cartoon image of a child running towards a teacher who is sitting behind a desk. The world Hearing Day logo is printed on the image
Word of the day: clyw (hearing) Gair y dydd: clyw geiriadur.ac.uk/gpc/gpc.html...
On the World Health Organization's World Hearing Day, take a look in the Dictionary at the word clyw, and the verb clywaf: clywed that it stems from.
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a patisserie display of various 'posh' cakes for example a pistachio gateau, mini Victoria sponge, chocolate mousse brownie, &c.
Word of the day: cacen (cake) geiriadur.ac.uk/gpc/gpc.html... Which one would you choose? Other names for cake are teisen and cêc - have a look at the numerous combinations listed in the articles in the Dictionary. Perhaps you'd like a 'cacen goch' or a 'teisen blwmbryd'?
A bowl of lobsgows, “lobscouse”
Word of the day: LOBSGOWS ‘lobscouse’
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Will you be celebrating St David's Day with a bowl of LOBSGOWS this year? And will it contain lamb, beef, or be TROEDNOETH “barefoot”, that is without meat at all?
Waterfall
Word of the Day rhaeadr www.geiriadur.ac.uk/gpc/gpc.html... Waterfall, cataract, cascade, torrent. Rhaeadr Gŵy (Rhayader) is a famous town in Powys but only a small part of its waterfall can be seen today.
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Ivy bush
Word of the day: eiddiorwg www.geiriadur.ac.uk/gpc/gpc.html... ‘ivy’. It is also called eiddew, iorwg, aedorw, ifi, and niwrig
Hazel catkins
Word of the day: CYNFFONNAU ŴYN BACH geiriadur.ac.uk/gpc/gpc.html... catkins or lamb’s tails
Also cwt yr ŵyn bach, gwyddau bach, cenawon coed, all describing the shape and softness of the flowers of hazel trees, willows, etc, which are evident in hedges at the moment.
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A cluster of glass fronted modern skyscrapers on the banks of the Thames not far from the Tower of London.
Word of the day: trumwel www.welsh-dictionary.ac.uk/gpc/gpc.html... A comparatively 'new' (20th century) word for a skyline. The picture shows a view near Tower Bridge, London.
Tri chosyn amrywiol ar fwrdd pren, a'r gair cosyn uwchben / three varieties of cheese on a wooden board, and the word cosyn above in yellow
Word of the Day: cosyn geiriadur.ac.uk/gpc/gpc.html... this is the diminutive form of the word 'caws' (cheese). The plural diminutive forms of 'caws' are 'cosynnau' or 'cosynnod'. Cosyn is the name of the little mouse in the Rala Rwdins book series - a very fitting name indeed🧀🐭
woman in Nepal winding wool into balls
Word of the Day dirwyn www.geiriadur.ac.uk/gpc/gpc.html... to wind, wind up, coil up, gather into a ball or roll; also figurative uses e.g. dirwyn i ben (bring or come to an end)
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A pretty dog
Word of the day: DEL geiriadur.ac.uk/gpc/gpc.html...
It's surprising how words can completely change their meaning over time.
The old meaning of DEL was ‘angry, rough, stubborn’. However its meaning for us today is ‘beautiful, pretty’.
A pile of pancakes on a plate, with a lump of butter on top, and somebody pouring sauce over it
Word of the Day: ynyd geiriadur.ac.uk/gpc/gpc.html.... Today is Shrove Tuesday or Pancake Tuesday, the last of three days of preparation for Lent. ‘ynyd’ is a borrowing from Latin ‘initium’ and means a beginning. Making pancakes would use rich food before the start of the Lent fast.
Black and white photo of a small boy standing between two newspaper advertising boards outside a village shop. One board advertises a story about a fingerprint factory, the other a visit to Caernarfon by Prince Edward.
Word of the day: hysbysfwrdd www.welsh-dictionary.ac.uk/gpc/gpc.html... Here are two boards advertising the contents of the day's newspapers sometime in the early 1930's.
Arwyddbost pren gyda saethau yn pwyntio i'r chwith ac i'r dde (yn dynodi'r gorffennol a'r dyfodol), gyda'r gair 'tradwy' ar y saeth i'r dde (i ddynodi'r dyfodol) / A wooden signpost with arrows facing left and right (representing the past and future) with the word 'tradwy' on the arrow facing the right (representing the future)
Word of the Day: tradwy geiriadur.ac.uk/gpc/gpc.html... An adverb referring to the period in three days' time, on the third day after today, and three days later.
One way of referring to a full week in Welsh is: 'y diwrnod cyn echddoe, echddoe, ddoe, heddiw, drannoeth, drennydd, DRADWY'
Asparagus in a saucepan
Word of the Day merllys www.geiriadur.ac.uk/gpc/gpc.html... Asparagus officinalis, another word for asbaragws
Trees bent by the wind
Word of the day: gwyredig ‘bent, crooked’ www.geiriadur.ac.uk/gpc/gpc.html... like these trees, bent by the wind
The text of a Welsh poem which addresses the snowdrop like this: Oh snowdrop, from where did you come? The wind being so harsh and so cold? How did you venture out through all the snow? There is no other little flower to be seen anywhere.
Word of the Day: lili wen fach geiriadur.ac.uk/gpc/gpc.html... = a little white lily and is one of several Welsh names for a snowdrop. This little poem says that the snowdrop appears before any other flower but there are several others in bloom by now.
a watermelon sliced open
Word of the day: sitrul geiriadur.ac.uk/gpc/gpc.html... A historical name for the watermelon, as found in 'Yny lhyvyr hwnn' of 1546, the first book to be printed in the Welsh language.
Basged ddillad gron o bren cyll wedi'i blethu, a wnaed gan Childs Hughes, Llanrhaeadr, Sir Ddinbych c. 1950. / An empty round woven hazel laundry basket made by Childs Hughes, Llanrhaeadr, Denbighshire c. 1950.
Word of the day: gwyntell geiriadur.ac.uk/gpc/gpc.html... also 'wyntell'/'gwintell'/'wintell'. A round, handleless basket of woven hazel withes or osiers, used to hold potatoes, clothes, &c. These are also known as 'lip', 'cintell', 'cyntell' or 'cantell' baskets.
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Carving of man with toothache on 13th century corbel head on chancel arch in St Andrew's church, Beesby
Word of the Day dannoedd, dannodd www.geiriadur.ac.uk/gpc/gpc.html... Toothache, odontalgia, ache or pain in the dental nerves
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A stone in a child’s hand
Word of the Day: DRYTHYLL geiriadur.ac.uk/gpc/gpc.html... ‘lively, unruly’.
“Drythyll maen yn llaw eiddil” says an old proverb, recorded in the Red Book of Hergest, around 1400 - a stone is unruly in the hand of a weakling. In other words, power is very dangerous in the wrong hands!
Four white lit candles standing side by side and increasing in height standing on a wooden surface
Word of the Day: gŵyl Fair y Canhwyllau geiriadur.ac.uk/gpc/gpc.html... or gŵyl Fair dechrau’r gwanwyn geiriadur.ac.uk/gpc/gpc.html... which falls on 2 February, half way between the shortest day and spring equinox. Are there any customs relating to the use of candles around this date?
Coat of arms of Owen Tudor (red with white chevron and three helmets) with images of the Tudor rose, Owen Tudor and Henry VII inserted
Word of the day: llinach (lineage) geiriadur.ac.uk/gpc/gpc.html... On this day in 1461, Owain ap Maredudd ap Tudur was executed following the battle of Mortimer’s Cross. However, his descendants became kings – he was the grandfather of Henry VII, the first Tudor monarch.
