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Y Wenhwyseg @wenhwyseg.bsky.social · 14h

wot no Rogers?

Y Wenhwyseg @wenhwyseg.bsky.social · 14h

It was the same for most of the country! 🙂

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Y Wenhwyseg @wenhwyseg.bsky.social · 1d

Celtic languages in the 1880s.

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Y Wenhwyseg @wenhwyseg.bsky.social · 24d

The coming Monday is the Autumn Equinox.
In Cymraeg, this can be referred to as:

Alban Elfed

It was traditional here in the South East to hold an Eisteddfod to mark the occasion - as can be seen here in 1872.

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Y Wenhwyseg @wenhwyseg.bsky.social · 25d

There are a huge amount of Iron Age settlements around 🙂

It's primarily why the Legionary fortress is built here - the Romans very well knew that they would need an uneasy peace.

They did after all defeat a Legion in AD52!

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Y Wenhwyseg @wenhwyseg.bsky.social · 25d

Eventually settlements were founded in AD75 (Caerwent & Caerleon) under Sextus Julius Frontinus.

Tacitus recorded that the Silures "non atrocitate, non clementia mutabatur" – they were "changed neither by cruelty nor by clemency".

We have a trait of us 'doing our own thing'.

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Y Wenhwyseg @wenhwyseg.bsky.social · 25d

The original tribe in the South East of Cymru were the Silures.

The Roman invasion of the other parts of Britain began in AD43. Having swept across the tribes, Ostorius encountered the local inhabitants in AD48.

The Silures remained undefeated, despite 30 years of attempts.

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Y Wenhwyseg @wenhwyseg.bsky.social · Sep 6

Gair y dydd! Word of the day!

Sarrug = surly, sullen, sour

-Menw sarrug œdd 'i = she was a sour woman

a baby is drinking through a straw in a restaurant .

ALT: a baby is drinking through a straw in a restaurant .

media.tenor.com

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Y Wenhwyseg @wenhwyseg.bsky.social · Sep 4

youtu.be/zATMcJA0AWA

Meredydd Evans: The Power of the Welsh Language and Cultural Identity

YouTube video by Smithsonian Folklife

youtu.be

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Y Wenhwyseg @wenhwyseg.bsky.social · Aug 24

Ha!
We can go soooooo much shorter.

wn i'm

😀

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Y Wenhwyseg @wenhwyseg.bsky.social · Aug 19

Gair y dydd! Word of the day!

tawnt = stubbornness

-œdd tawnt arswdus arni = she was terribly stubborn (lit. there was a terrible stubbornness on her)

a black and white cartoon cat is sitting on a pink pillow .

ALT: a black and white cartoon cat is sitting on a pink pillow .

media.tenor.com

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Y Wenhwyseg @wenhwyseg.bsky.social · Aug 12

Does the red bit not contain the Lake District? 🤔

Doug Parr @dougparr.bsky.social · Aug 12

Water shortage in England declared "Nationally Significant Incident" as climate-change induced hot, dry weather continues

Many areas in drought conditions with bans on hosepipe use

Outlook for rain remains below normal

www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Y Wenhwyseg @wenhwyseg.bsky.social · Aug 11

It's joyously 'rolio werthin' 🤣

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Y Wenhwyseg @wenhwyseg.bsky.social · Aug 11

Gair y dydd! Word of the day!

misgu = to take apart

-ma nw'n misgu'r maes = they are taking apart the [contents of] field

a woman is opening a tent with a hose attached to it .

ALT: a woman is opening a tent with a hose attached to it .

media.tenor.com

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Y Wenhwyseg @wenhwyseg.bsky.social · Aug 9

rwpath am y Satwrn!

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Y Wenhwyseg @wenhwyseg.bsky.social · Aug 7

Ni ar daith 'eddi!

#Steddfod2025

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Y Wenhwyseg @wenhwyseg.bsky.social · Jul 30

shoal 🙄

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Y Wenhwyseg @wenhwyseg.bsky.social · Jul 29

We think it's a borrowing from English. But it's a tidy usage of it!

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Y Wenhwyseg @wenhwyseg.bsky.social · Jul 28

Gair y dydd! Word of the day!

sbelan = to take a break, have a rest

-o'n ni'n sbelan trw'r wsnos dwetha! = we were taking a break through the last week!

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Kernow 〓〓 @kernow.bsky.social · Jul 25

Myttin da / Good morning Blue Sky 🙂

A recent Cornwall Council meeting, a motion was passed for Kernow (Cornwall) to be recognised as a nation with equal status to Wales and Scotland.

A petition is now available.

Your support is much appreciated 👍😃

petition.parliament.uk/petitions/71...