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Gair y dydd: croeso'r gwanwyn geiriadur.ac.uk/gpc/gpc.html...
Enw hyfryd a theilwng iawn ar y cennin Pedr, sy'n serennu o flaen y Llyfrgell a'r Ganolfan y bore 'ma.
Mae enwau eraill ar y blodyn yn cynnwys daffodil, blodau Mawrth, tomdili, menig euron a'r lili bengam. Pa enwau sy'n gyfarwydd i chi?
February 28, 2025 at 10:37 AM
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Gair y Dydd: brwydr geiriadur.ac.uk/gpc/gpc.html.... Ar y 24 Chwefror 1797 daeth Brwydr Abergwaun neu Laniad y Ffrancod i ben. Hon oedd yr ymgais ddiwethaf gan lu milwrol tramor i oresgyn tir mawr Prydain.
February 25, 2025 at 12:47 PM
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📢Galwad am bapurau! GORWELION: Cynhadledd Ryngwladol i ddathlu deugain mlwyddiant sefydlu Canolfan Uwchefrydiau Cymreig a Cheltaidd Prifysgol Cymru
📍Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru, 17-19 Medi 2025.
📅Dyddiad cau cynigion: 1 Ebrill 2025.
🔗Rhagor o wybodaeth: www.wales.ac.uk/cy/canolfan/...
Gorwelion: Cynhadledd Ryngwladol
Cynhadledd Ryngwladol i ddathlu deugain mlwyddiant sefydlu Canolfan Uwchefrydiau Cymreig a Cheltaidd Prifysgol Cymru
www.wales.ac.uk
February 4, 2025 at 1:49 PM
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Mae Gwefan Guto'r Glyn wedi ei huwchraddio i https, ac yn ddiogel i'r dyfodol! Diolch @jangley.bsky.social o Dyniaethau Digidol Prifysgol Abertawe am ofalu am yr adnodd gwych hwn. Mae cynnal gwefannau ar ôl i gyfnod grant ymchwil ddod i ben yn heriol: mae nifer yn diflannu o'r herwydd! gutorglyn.net
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prifysgolabertawe.bsky.social
February 3, 2025 at 7:30 PM
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Gair y dydd: llatai geiriadur.ac.uk/gpc/gpc.html... - sef negesydd serch. Un bardd sy'n enwog am ddefnyddio confensiwn y llatai yn ei gerddi yw Dafydd ap Gwilym. Yn ei gerdd sy'n 'Galw ar Ddwynwen', mae'n ymbil ar y Santes i fyned yn llatai rhyngddo a Morfudd, un o'i 'gariadon' priod.
January 24, 2025 at 1:38 PM
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"... yn ddieithriad, y llebanod mwyaf meddw a digymeriad yn y fro sydd yn chwarae 'Mari Lwyd'."

Blwyddyn Newydd Dda! 🌟
December 31, 2024 at 10:43 PM
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For the December 2024 LEIGHEAS project blog, our brilliant research affiliate Dr Sharon Arbuthnot of the Dictionary of the Irish Language (www.dil.ie) considers the challenges of dating medieval Irish medical texts & their vocabulary. Happy reading! 👇
leigheas.maynoothuniversity.ie/dating-medie...
December 15, 2024 at 6:19 PM
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Gair y Dydd: gwenci geiriadur.ac.uk/gpc/gpc.html... [gwanc+ci] Creadur bychan ysglyfaethus, brown â bola gwyn o dylwyth y carlwm a’r ffured, bronwen, Mustela nivalis nivalis; (yn ffigyrol) person bychan ffyrnigwyllt
December 12, 2024 at 9:24 AM
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Word of the day: ysgewyll (sprouts) geiriadur.ac.uk/gpc/gpc.html... - another name for buds, shoots and sprigs, as well as the traditional and controversial vegetable below which is often served at the Christmas dinner.
Do you love or hate Brussels sprouts?
📸Eric Hunt
December 13, 2024 at 10:16 AM
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Word of the day: GLAS ‘blue’ www.geiriadur.ac.uk/gpc/gpc.html... can also mean green, grey, silver, early (bore glas), young (glaslanc), very (gorau glas) or partly (glaswenu) as well as the colour of the blue sky!

Word of the Day will also now be on @gpcwelshdictionary.bsky.social 🦋
November 27, 2024 at 9:26 AM
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Word of the Day: tennyn www.geiriadur.ac.uk/gpc/gpc.html... Cord or chain to hold or lead an animal. Here's one from Pompeii. Cave canem! (Beware of the dog)

CC BY NC ND Robin Dawes www.worldhistory.org/image/12743/...
November 28, 2024 at 10:29 AM
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Word of the day: perarogl geiriadur.ac.uk/gpc/gpc.html... - a sweet smell or scent a fragrant substance like the garlands in the photo below. Have you put up the Christmas trimmings yet, and will you fill your home with the scent of spices and citrus this year?
November 29, 2024 at 10:07 AM
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Word of the Day: cloch (bell) geiriadur.ac.uk/gpc/gpc.html... One of the early citations mentions 'ygloch ynn seinnyaỽ yn velys' (the bell singing sweetly). Read about the recent restoration of Llanfihangel-y-Creuddyn's church bell on BBC Cymru Fyw www.bbc.co.uk/cymrufyw/ert...
December 2, 2024 at 1:24 PM
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Word of the Day: Grawys gaeaf geiriadur.ac.uk/gpc/gpc.html.... The season of Advent has begun and it’s interesting to note that ‘Grawys gaeaf’, which means ‘winter Lent’, is another old Welsh name for it.
December 3, 2024 at 2:15 PM
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Word of the Day: Rhagfyr ‘December’ geiriadur.ac.uk/gpc/gpc.html... from rhag and byr ‘short’. As well as being the name of the last month of the year, it’s also an adjective meaning ‘short’.
December 4, 2024 at 2:39 PM
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Word of the Day: plygain geiriadur.ac.uk/gpc/gpc.html... – possibly derived from the Latin for cock-crow, and that together with daybreak are amongst the meanings (section (b)). It is much more widely used these days for an evening carol service around Christmas time.
December 5, 2024 at 12:58 PM
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Word of the Day: trimins (trimmings) geiriadur.ac.uk/gpc/gpc.html...
'It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas' here at the Centre. Have you put your Christmas decorations up yet?
December 6, 2024 at 10:22 AM
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Word of the Day: lamp geiriadur.ac.uk/gpc/gpc.html...
As the quotation from Acts 20:8 notes 'yr oedd llawer o lampau ...' (there were many lamps). The picture shows which one worked over the stormy weekend!
December 9, 2024 at 10:43 AM
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Word of the Day: plwmpwdin geiriadur.ac.uk/gpc/gpc.html.... Borrowed from the English ‘plum pudding’, it’s another Welsh name for Christmas pudding (pwdin Nadolig).
December 10, 2024 at 2:20 PM
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Word of the day: CENNA www.geiriadur.ac.uk/gpc/gpc.html..., the practice of gathering lichen in former times, especially for medicinal purposes (for instance to treat wounds) or for dyeing cloth.
December 11, 2024 at 10:01 AM
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Gair y Dydd: plwmpwdin geiriadur.ac.uk/gpc/gpc.html.... Fyddwch chi’n defnyddio’r enw hwn ar bwdin Nadolig ac, os felly, ym mha ardaloedd?
December 10, 2024 at 2:17 PM
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Gair y dydd: CENNA www.geiriadur.ac.uk/gpc/gpc.html..., yr arfer o gasglu cen ers talwm, yn enwedig at bwrpasau meddyginiaethol (i drin briwiau ac ati), neu i liwio brethyn.
December 11, 2024 at 10:01 AM