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Word of the Day: hudhwyad (decoy-duck) geiriadur.ac.uk/gpc/gpc.html... a duck trained to attract and decoy other ducks to a place where they can be caught. A 'hudhwyad' can also be a model of a duck with the same purpose - some of which are expensive collectable pieces of art.🦆
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November 27, 2025 at 10:24 AM
Word of the Day: hudhwyad (decoy-duck) geiriadur.ac.uk/gpc/gpc.html... a duck trained to attract and decoy other ducks to a place where they can be caught. A 'hudhwyad' can also be a model of a duck with the same purpose - some of which are expensive collectable pieces of art.🦆
Word of the day: cyllideb ‘budget’ www.geiriadur.ac.uk/gpc/gpc.html... How will the chancellor’s budget affect you?
November 26, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Word of the day: cyllideb ‘budget’ www.geiriadur.ac.uk/gpc/gpc.html... How will the chancellor’s budget affect you?
Word of the Day: ffair geiriadur.ac.uk/gpc/gpc.html... – on the second day of the Winter Fair at Llanelwedd. The earliest example of the word quoted in the Dictionary comes from the work of Dafydd ap Gwilym in the fourteenth century. (Photo: S4C)
November 25, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Word of the Day: ffair geiriadur.ac.uk/gpc/gpc.html... – on the second day of the Winter Fair at Llanelwedd. The earliest example of the word quoted in the Dictionary comes from the work of Dafydd ap Gwilym in the fourteenth century. (Photo: S4C)
Word of the day: GWLYB DOMEN geiriadur.ac.uk/gpc/gpc.html... 'soaking wet’, or more fully gwlyb domen dail, literally ‘wet as a dunghill’!
This is one of the many colourful phrases in the Dictionary to convey the state of being sopping or soaking wet. What would you say?
This is one of the many colourful phrases in the Dictionary to convey the state of being sopping or soaking wet. What would you say?
November 24, 2025 at 12:36 PM
Word of the day: GWLYB DOMEN geiriadur.ac.uk/gpc/gpc.html... 'soaking wet’, or more fully gwlyb domen dail, literally ‘wet as a dunghill’!
This is one of the many colourful phrases in the Dictionary to convey the state of being sopping or soaking wet. What would you say?
This is one of the many colourful phrases in the Dictionary to convey the state of being sopping or soaking wet. What would you say?
Word of the Day: modrwyog www.geiriadur.ac.uk/gpc/gpc.html...
An adjective that can refer to someone wearing rings, something adorned with rings, hair that is curly, plaited, in rings or ringlets, or something circular, ring- or band-shaped, such as the spiral below made from rings💍
An adjective that can refer to someone wearing rings, something adorned with rings, hair that is curly, plaited, in rings or ringlets, or something circular, ring- or band-shaped, such as the spiral below made from rings💍
November 21, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Word of the Day: modrwyog www.geiriadur.ac.uk/gpc/gpc.html...
An adjective that can refer to someone wearing rings, something adorned with rings, hair that is curly, plaited, in rings or ringlets, or something circular, ring- or band-shaped, such as the spiral below made from rings💍
An adjective that can refer to someone wearing rings, something adorned with rings, hair that is curly, plaited, in rings or ringlets, or something circular, ring- or band-shaped, such as the spiral below made from rings💍
Word of the day barf yr afr gochlas www.geiriadur.ac.uk/gpc/gpc.html... Salsify, Tragopogon porrifolius
November 20, 2025 at 5:46 PM
Word of the day barf yr afr gochlas www.geiriadur.ac.uk/gpc/gpc.html... Salsify, Tragopogon porrifolius
Word of the day: geiriadur.ac.uk/gpc/gpc.html... "rainbow", here seen above our office.
In the Middle Ages people thought that rainbows had 3 or 4 colours, as in the second quotation which refers to "a rainbow of four colours". But Isaac Newton would later show that there are actually 7
In the Middle Ages people thought that rainbows had 3 or 4 colours, as in the second quotation which refers to "a rainbow of four colours". But Isaac Newton would later show that there are actually 7
November 19, 2025 at 8:57 AM
Word of the day: geiriadur.ac.uk/gpc/gpc.html... "rainbow", here seen above our office.
In the Middle Ages people thought that rainbows had 3 or 4 colours, as in the second quotation which refers to "a rainbow of four colours". But Isaac Newton would later show that there are actually 7
In the Middle Ages people thought that rainbows had 3 or 4 colours, as in the second quotation which refers to "a rainbow of four colours". But Isaac Newton would later show that there are actually 7
Word of the Day: moron gwynion geiriadur.ac.uk/gpc/gpc.html.... ‘Moron’ is a borrowing from Middle English ‘moren’ (roots) so it’s no great surprise that it has been used for carrots and parsnips. See also moron cochion geiriadur.ac.uk/gpc/gpc.html....
November 18, 2025 at 1:59 PM
Word of the Day: moron gwynion geiriadur.ac.uk/gpc/gpc.html.... ‘Moron’ is a borrowing from Middle English ‘moren’ (roots) so it’s no great surprise that it has been used for carrots and parsnips. See also moron cochion geiriadur.ac.uk/gpc/gpc.html....
Word of the day: tŵr (tower) geiriadur.ac.uk/gpc/gpc.html... The picture shows three of Bologna's famous medieval towers, over twenty of which are still standing, giving rise to one of the city's nicknames, 'La Turrita'.
November 17, 2025 at 12:32 PM
Word of the day: tŵr (tower) geiriadur.ac.uk/gpc/gpc.html... The picture shows three of Bologna's famous medieval towers, over twenty of which are still standing, giving rise to one of the city's nicknames, 'La Turrita'.
Word of the Day sbectol www.geiriadur.ac.uk/gpc/gpc.html... (pair of) spectacles, glasses. The word is usually feminine, i.e. y sbectol hon "this (fem.) pair of glasses", sbectol goch "red glasses".
November 13, 2025 at 4:38 PM
Word of the Day sbectol www.geiriadur.ac.uk/gpc/gpc.html... (pair of) spectacles, glasses. The word is usually feminine, i.e. y sbectol hon "this (fem.) pair of glasses", sbectol goch "red glasses".
Word of the day: lle chwech www.geiriadur.ac.uk/gpc/gpc.html..., one of many words or expressions used in Welsh for ‘a privy or lavatory’. Compare astyllen, cachdy, geudy, lle slei, pisty, prifai, tŷ bach.
November 12, 2025 at 12:20 PM
Word of the day: lle chwech www.geiriadur.ac.uk/gpc/gpc.html..., one of many words or expressions used in Welsh for ‘a privy or lavatory’. Compare astyllen, cachdy, geudy, lle slei, pisty, prifai, tŷ bach.
Word of the Day: cofeb geiriadur.ac.uk/gpc/gpc.html... – this is the Welsh National War Memorial in Cathays Park, Cardiff, today being the date of the armistice at the end of the First World War in 1918.
November 11, 2025 at 1:45 PM
Word of the Day: cofeb geiriadur.ac.uk/gpc/gpc.html... – this is the Welsh National War Memorial in Cathays Park, Cardiff, today being the date of the armistice at the end of the First World War in 1918.
Word of the day: cant (a hundred) geiriadur.ac.uk/gpc/gpc.html... On this day one hundred years ago, the famous actor Richard Burton was born in Pont-rhyd-y-fen.
November 10, 2025 at 1:10 PM
Word of the day: cant (a hundred) geiriadur.ac.uk/gpc/gpc.html... On this day one hundred years ago, the famous actor Richard Burton was born in Pont-rhyd-y-fen.
Word of the day: MORGLAWDD geiriadur.ac.uk/gpc/gpc.html..., a sea-wall or breakwater built to protect a harbour or beach from the force of the waves.
It is worth visiting Aberaeron to walk along the brand new sea-wall there!
It is worth visiting Aberaeron to walk along the brand new sea-wall there!
November 7, 2025 at 10:06 AM
Word of the day: MORGLAWDD geiriadur.ac.uk/gpc/gpc.html..., a sea-wall or breakwater built to protect a harbour or beach from the force of the waves.
It is worth visiting Aberaeron to walk along the brand new sea-wall there!
It is worth visiting Aberaeron to walk along the brand new sea-wall there!
Word of the day: DIHAREB geiriadur.ac.uk/gpc/gpc.html... 'proverb’.
Collecting proverbs was very popular in the Renaissance era. This is a page from "Diarhebion Cymraeg", a collection which William Salesbury published around 1575.
What is your favourite Welsh proverb?
Collecting proverbs was very popular in the Renaissance era. This is a page from "Diarhebion Cymraeg", a collection which William Salesbury published around 1575.
What is your favourite Welsh proverb?
November 6, 2025 at 10:29 AM
Word of the day: DIHAREB geiriadur.ac.uk/gpc/gpc.html... 'proverb’.
Collecting proverbs was very popular in the Renaissance era. This is a page from "Diarhebion Cymraeg", a collection which William Salesbury published around 1575.
What is your favourite Welsh proverb?
Collecting proverbs was very popular in the Renaissance era. This is a page from "Diarhebion Cymraeg", a collection which William Salesbury published around 1575.
What is your favourite Welsh proverb?
Word of the day: ufelyddiaeth, an old word meaning ‘fireworks, pyrotechnics’ www.geiriadur.ac.uk/gpc/gpc.html....
November 5, 2025 at 1:42 PM
Word of the day: ufelyddiaeth, an old word meaning ‘fireworks, pyrotechnics’ www.geiriadur.ac.uk/gpc/gpc.html....
Word of the Day: dyddiadurwr geiriadur.ac.uk/gpc/gpc.html.... The diarist William Bulkeley of Brynddu, Llanfechell, Anglesey, was born on this date in 1691. His diaries (1734-1760), full of information about life and attitudes at the time, can be seen online at bulkeleydiaries.bangor.ac.uk.
November 4, 2025 at 1:10 PM
Word of the Day: dyddiadurwr geiriadur.ac.uk/gpc/gpc.html.... The diarist William Bulkeley of Brynddu, Llanfechell, Anglesey, was born on this date in 1691. His diaries (1734-1760), full of information about life and attitudes at the time, can be seen online at bulkeleydiaries.bangor.ac.uk.
Word of the day: tachwedd geiriadur.ac.uk/gpc/gpc.html... It's familiar as the name of the month (November), but did you know it also means 'slaughter', 'denouement', 'stench', &c? Take a look at the entry in the Dictionary.
November 3, 2025 at 12:38 PM
Word of the day: tachwedd geiriadur.ac.uk/gpc/gpc.html... It's familiar as the name of the month (November), but did you know it also means 'slaughter', 'denouement', 'stench', &c? Take a look at the entry in the Dictionary.
Word of the Day: cyhyraeth geiriadur.ac.uk/gpc/gpc.html... What could be regarded similar to a siren or a banshee, the cyhyraeth's doleful cries heard at night was formerly regarded as a death portent or a wraith. It can also refer to a phantom funeral, a skeleton, an apparition and a ghost.
October 31, 2025 at 9:59 AM
Word of the Day: cyhyraeth geiriadur.ac.uk/gpc/gpc.html... What could be regarded similar to a siren or a banshee, the cyhyraeth's doleful cries heard at night was formerly regarded as a death portent or a wraith. It can also refer to a phantom funeral, a skeleton, an apparition and a ghost.
Word of the Day ofer garu www.geiriadur.ac.uk/gpc/gpc.html... heartsease, Viola tricolor; field pansy, Viola arvensis.
October 30, 2025 at 9:47 AM
Word of the Day ofer garu www.geiriadur.ac.uk/gpc/gpc.html... heartsease, Viola tricolor; field pansy, Viola arvensis.
Word of the day: DYFALBARHAD geiriadur.ac.uk/gpc/gpc.html..., the perseverance or tenacity that a few have to continue or to keep going with a task, when most others have given up.
October 29, 2025 at 8:26 AM
Word of the day: DYFALBARHAD geiriadur.ac.uk/gpc/gpc.html..., the perseverance or tenacity that a few have to continue or to keep going with a task, when most others have given up.
Word of the Day: ceiliog coed geiriadur.ac.uk/gpc/gpc.html... – a less familiar name for a male pheasant. Iâr goed also exists for a female pheasant but the word ‘ffesant’ itself geiriadur.ac.uk/gpc/gpc.html..., is somewhat older and dates back to the 15th century.
October 28, 2025 at 1:56 PM
Word of the Day: ceiliog coed geiriadur.ac.uk/gpc/gpc.html... – a less familiar name for a male pheasant. Iâr goed also exists for a female pheasant but the word ‘ffesant’ itself geiriadur.ac.uk/gpc/gpc.html..., is somewhat older and dates back to the 15th century.
Word of the day: traffig (traffic) geiriadur.ac.uk/gpc/gpc.html... As it's half term, some of you may be going on holiday or for a day out? Hopefully you won't get caught in a traffic jam!
October 27, 2025 at 1:06 PM
Word of the day: traffig (traffic) geiriadur.ac.uk/gpc/gpc.html... As it's half term, some of you may be going on holiday or for a day out? Hopefully you won't get caught in a traffic jam!
Word of the Day: brensiach geiriadur.ac.uk/gpc/gpc.html... An exclamation and an euphemism meaning 'good gracious!' and 'good heavens!', often used in conjunction with the words 'y brain' (crows), 'y bratiau' (rags/aprons), and 'annwyl' (sweet/dear).
Have you heard any other Welsh exclamations?
Have you heard any other Welsh exclamations?
October 24, 2025 at 10:32 AM
Word of the Day: brensiach geiriadur.ac.uk/gpc/gpc.html... An exclamation and an euphemism meaning 'good gracious!' and 'good heavens!', often used in conjunction with the words 'y brain' (crows), 'y bratiau' (rags/aprons), and 'annwyl' (sweet/dear).
Have you heard any other Welsh exclamations?
Have you heard any other Welsh exclamations?
Word of the Day gwenithfaen www.geiriadur.ac.uk/gpc/gpc.html... Granite, a hard, grainy, crystalline rock.
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October 23, 2025 at 9:00 AM
Word of the Day gwenithfaen www.geiriadur.ac.uk/gpc/gpc.html... Granite, a hard, grainy, crystalline rock.
By Alan Mattingly, public domain commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Pi...
By Alan Mattingly, public domain commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Pi...