John T. Koch
@jtkoch.bsky.social
astudiaethau Celtaidd | ieithyddiaeth hanesyddol | archaeoleg
Celtic studies | historical linguistics | archaeology
llawer yn well gen i gyfathrebiadau gyda phobl a sefydliadau go iawn
Celtic studies | historical linguistics | archaeology
llawer yn well gen i gyfathrebiadau gyda phobl a sefydliadau go iawn
Reposted by John T. Koch
Dros 1000 ohonon ni yn #Aberystwyth gyda'r #llinellcoch yn galw am rhyddid i #Palesteina ac atal y bombio yn #Gaza
#Cymru #Palestine #Wales
#Cymru #Palestine #Wales
July 26, 2025 at 3:25 PM
Dros 1000 ohonon ni yn #Aberystwyth gyda'r #llinellcoch yn galw am rhyddid i #Palesteina ac atal y bombio yn #Gaza
#Cymru #Palestine #Wales
#Cymru #Palestine #Wales
Reposted by John T. Koch
'Roedd Jarman yn ‘cool’ pan doedd ‘cool’ ddim yn bod!'
Mae teyrngedau wedi eu rhoi i'r canwr, bardd a'r cynhyrchydd teledu Geraint Jarman, yn dilyn y newyddion am ei farwolaeth yn 74 oed.
newyddion.s4c.cymru/article/26852
Mae teyrngedau wedi eu rhoi i'r canwr, bardd a'r cynhyrchydd teledu Geraint Jarman, yn dilyn y newyddion am ei farwolaeth yn 74 oed.
newyddion.s4c.cymru/article/26852
March 3, 2025 at 1:41 PM
'Roedd Jarman yn ‘cool’ pan doedd ‘cool’ ddim yn bod!'
Mae teyrngedau wedi eu rhoi i'r canwr, bardd a'r cynhyrchydd teledu Geraint Jarman, yn dilyn y newyddion am ei farwolaeth yn 74 oed.
newyddion.s4c.cymru/article/26852
Mae teyrngedau wedi eu rhoi i'r canwr, bardd a'r cynhyrchydd teledu Geraint Jarman, yn dilyn y newyddion am ei farwolaeth yn 74 oed.
newyddion.s4c.cymru/article/26852
Reposted by John T. Koch
The Caergwrle Bowl which was found in 1823 in a field near Caergwrle Castle in Flintshire. Made of gold, tin and shale, the bowl provides a representation of a Bronze Age ship. Part of the collections at the National Museum of Wales. 📸 My own. #FindsFriday #Archaeology #Wales
February 7, 2025 at 7:17 AM
The Caergwrle Bowl which was found in 1823 in a field near Caergwrle Castle in Flintshire. Made of gold, tin and shale, the bowl provides a representation of a Bronze Age ship. Part of the collections at the National Museum of Wales. 📸 My own. #FindsFriday #Archaeology #Wales
Reposted by John T. Koch
📢Call for Papers! GORWELION: International Conference to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh and Celtic Studies
📍 @NLWales, 17-19 September 2025.
📅Submission deadline: 1 April 2025
🔗Further information: www.wales.ac.uk/cawcs/cawcs-...
📍 @NLWales, 17-19 September 2025.
📅Submission deadline: 1 April 2025
🔗Further information: www.wales.ac.uk/cawcs/cawcs-...
Gorwelion: International Conference
International Conference to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh and Celtic Studies
www.wales.ac.uk
February 4, 2025 at 1:47 PM
📢Call for Papers! GORWELION: International Conference to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh and Celtic Studies
📍 @NLWales, 17-19 September 2025.
📅Submission deadline: 1 April 2025
🔗Further information: www.wales.ac.uk/cawcs/cawcs-...
📍 @NLWales, 17-19 September 2025.
📅Submission deadline: 1 April 2025
🔗Further information: www.wales.ac.uk/cawcs/cawcs-...
Reposted by John T. Koch
📢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/...
📍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
📢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/...
📍Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru, 17-19 Medi 2025.
📅Dyddiad cau cynigion: 1 Ebrill 2025.
🔗Rhagor o wybodaeth: www.wales.ac.uk/cy/canolfan/...
Reposted by John T. Koch
Plaid Cymru’n beirniadu “distawrwydd byddarol” Llywodraeth Cymru ar doriadau Prifysgol Caerdydd
Cefin Campbell sy’n collfarnu Llywodraeth Cymru wedi torri 400 o swyddi ddoe (Ionawr 28)
Cefin Campbell sy’n collfarnu Llywodraeth Cymru wedi torri 400 o swyddi ddoe (Ionawr 28)
Plaid Cymru’n beirniadu “distawrwydd byddarol” Llywodraeth Cymru ar doriadau Prifysgol Caerdydd
Cefin Campbell sy’n collfarnu Llywodraeth Cymru wedi torri 400 o swyddi ddoe (Ionawr 28)
golwg.360.cymru
January 29, 2025 at 11:00 AM
Plaid Cymru’n beirniadu “distawrwydd byddarol” Llywodraeth Cymru ar doriadau Prifysgol Caerdydd
Cefin Campbell sy’n collfarnu Llywodraeth Cymru wedi torri 400 o swyddi ddoe (Ionawr 28)
Cefin Campbell sy’n collfarnu Llywodraeth Cymru wedi torri 400 o swyddi ddoe (Ionawr 28)
Reposted by John T. Koch
Reposted by John T. Koch
#FindsFriday The extraordinary Late Bronze/Early Iron Age Bronze cauldron from Llyn Fawr votive lake 🧙, Rhigos, south Wales, dating from 700 BC
Pulled from the mud & peat of the drained lake during reservoir construction 🌊
Now on display at Amgueddfa Cymru/Museum Wales, St Fagans
📷 Yesterday
Pulled from the mud & peat of the drained lake during reservoir construction 🌊
Now on display at Amgueddfa Cymru/Museum Wales, St Fagans
📷 Yesterday
January 24, 2025 at 7:13 AM
#FindsFriday The extraordinary Late Bronze/Early Iron Age Bronze cauldron from Llyn Fawr votive lake 🧙, Rhigos, south Wales, dating from 700 BC
Pulled from the mud & peat of the drained lake during reservoir construction 🌊
Now on display at Amgueddfa Cymru/Museum Wales, St Fagans
📷 Yesterday
Pulled from the mud & peat of the drained lake during reservoir construction 🌊
Now on display at Amgueddfa Cymru/Museum Wales, St Fagans
📷 Yesterday
Reposted by John T. Koch
The Durotriges
An Iron Age people with women at the centre of power, kinship and land ownership
A great report on our joint @tcddublin.bsky.social @bournemouthuni.bsky.social research project by @spoke32.bsky.social in @science.org 😊👍
www.science.org/content/arti...
An Iron Age people with women at the centre of power, kinship and land ownership
A great report on our joint @tcddublin.bsky.social @bournemouthuni.bsky.social research project by @spoke32.bsky.social in @science.org 😊👍
www.science.org/content/arti...
Part of ancient Britain was a woman’s world, burials reveal
2000-year-old graves suggest women wielded as much—and sometimes more—power than men in some Celtic tribes
www.science.org
January 16, 2025 at 7:56 AM
The Durotriges
An Iron Age people with women at the centre of power, kinship and land ownership
A great report on our joint @tcddublin.bsky.social @bournemouthuni.bsky.social research project by @spoke32.bsky.social in @science.org 😊👍
www.science.org/content/arti...
An Iron Age people with women at the centre of power, kinship and land ownership
A great report on our joint @tcddublin.bsky.social @bournemouthuni.bsky.social research project by @spoke32.bsky.social in @science.org 😊👍
www.science.org/content/arti...
Reposted by John T. Koch
#aydh in 1833 the author of the lyrics of 'Myfanwy' and 'Sosban Fach' was born: Richard Davies, known by his pseudonym, 'Mynyddog'.
He was born at Dôl Lydan, Llanbrynmair, #Wales and educated at the local chapel school.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard...
Image: NLW / John Thomas
He was born at Dôl Lydan, Llanbrynmair, #Wales and educated at the local chapel school.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard...
Image: NLW / John Thomas
Richard Davies (Mynyddog) - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
January 10, 2025 at 4:58 PM
#aydh in 1833 the author of the lyrics of 'Myfanwy' and 'Sosban Fach' was born: Richard Davies, known by his pseudonym, 'Mynyddog'.
He was born at Dôl Lydan, Llanbrynmair, #Wales and educated at the local chapel school.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard...
Image: NLW / John Thomas
He was born at Dôl Lydan, Llanbrynmair, #Wales and educated at the local chapel school.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard...
Image: NLW / John Thomas
Reposted by John T. Koch
Mae rhaglen Sgwrs dan y Lloer heno efo Noel Thomas ar @s4c yn arbennig.
Rarglwydd, mae’r dyn yna wedi cael cam ac mor urddasol a graslon, ond cadarn, wrth ymdopi â’r peth.
Rarglwydd, mae’r dyn yna wedi cael cam ac mor urddasol a graslon, ond cadarn, wrth ymdopi â’r peth.
December 29, 2024 at 8:56 PM
Mae rhaglen Sgwrs dan y Lloer heno efo Noel Thomas ar @s4c yn arbennig.
Rarglwydd, mae’r dyn yna wedi cael cam ac mor urddasol a graslon, ond cadarn, wrth ymdopi â’r peth.
Rarglwydd, mae’r dyn yna wedi cael cam ac mor urddasol a graslon, ond cadarn, wrth ymdopi â’r peth.
Reposted by John T. Koch
Arabic Flavour yn Aberystwyth yn cael sêl bendith Jay Rayner unwaith eto www.theguardian.com/food/2024/de...
2024 restaurant roundup: looking back on the year’s culinary highs
There are deep wells of culinary talent across the UK, ably battling the challenging economics facing the sector
www.theguardian.com
December 29, 2024 at 1:31 PM
Arabic Flavour yn Aberystwyth yn cael sêl bendith Jay Rayner unwaith eto www.theguardian.com/food/2024/de...
Reposted by John T. Koch
Diolch i Dr Ceridwen Lloyd-Morgan am draddodi Darlith Goffa J. E. Caerwyn a Gwen Williams 2024. Pwnc y ddarlith oedd, “O’r Hen Ogledd i ‘anturyeu y greal’: Esblygiad Peredur” a gallwch wrando arni eto ar ein sianel YouTube: youtu.be/YO_ds9FWQFk
“O’r Hen Ogledd i ‘anturyeu y greal’: Esblygiad Peredur”
YouTube video by Y Ganolfan Geltaidd / CAWCS
youtu.be
December 17, 2024 at 11:59 AM
Diolch i Dr Ceridwen Lloyd-Morgan am draddodi Darlith Goffa J. E. Caerwyn a Gwen Williams 2024. Pwnc y ddarlith oedd, “O’r Hen Ogledd i ‘anturyeu y greal’: Esblygiad Peredur” a gallwch wrando arni eto ar ein sianel YouTube: youtu.be/YO_ds9FWQFk
Reposted by John T. Koch
#aydh yn 1923 cyhoeddodd Gwasg Gregynog eu cyfrol gyntaf, dan ofal Margaret a Gwendoline Davies.
#otd in 1923 Gwasg Gregynog press published their first volume, 'Poems' by George Herbert, edited by Margaret and Gwendoline Davies.
cy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gwasg_G...
📷by Broneirion on GNU.
#otd in 1923 Gwasg Gregynog press published their first volume, 'Poems' by George Herbert, edited by Margaret and Gwendoline Davies.
cy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gwasg_G...
📷by Broneirion on GNU.
December 17, 2024 at 7:54 AM
#aydh yn 1923 cyhoeddodd Gwasg Gregynog eu cyfrol gyntaf, dan ofal Margaret a Gwendoline Davies.
#otd in 1923 Gwasg Gregynog press published their first volume, 'Poems' by George Herbert, edited by Margaret and Gwendoline Davies.
cy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gwasg_G...
📷by Broneirion on GNU.
#otd in 1923 Gwasg Gregynog press published their first volume, 'Poems' by George Herbert, edited by Margaret and Gwendoline Davies.
cy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gwasg_G...
📷by Broneirion on GNU.
Reposted by John T. Koch
#OldBretonAdventCalendar
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16.12.2024
‘petguarliuheitic’ gl. ‘quadricolor’
Angers 477B f.15b
The glossed word can be read in ‘arcus in aere quadricolor’, which means “an ark in the four-coloured air”.
🔔🌈
16.12.2024
‘petguarliuheitic’ gl. ‘quadricolor’
Angers 477B f.15b
The glossed word can be read in ‘arcus in aere quadricolor’, which means “an ark in the four-coloured air”.
December 16, 2024 at 6:29 AM
#OldBretonAdventCalendar
🔔🌈
16.12.2024
‘petguarliuheitic’ gl. ‘quadricolor’
Angers 477B f.15b
The glossed word can be read in ‘arcus in aere quadricolor’, which means “an ark in the four-coloured air”.
🔔🌈
16.12.2024
‘petguarliuheitic’ gl. ‘quadricolor’
Angers 477B f.15b
The glossed word can be read in ‘arcus in aere quadricolor’, which means “an ark in the four-coloured air”.
Reposted by John T. Koch
Edrychwn ymlaen at y digwyddiad yma nos Iau.
Croeso cynnes i bawb.
Croeso cynnes i bawb.
📢Darlith Goffa J. E. Caerwyn a Gwen Williams 2024
🗓12 Rhagfyr 🕔5.00yh
🗣 Dr Ceridwen Lloyd-Morgan
"O'r Hen Ogledd i 'anturyeu y greal': Esblygiad Peredur"
📍Yn Y Drwm
@LLGCymru
ac ar lein
📧E-bostiwch canolfan@cymru.ac.uk i gofrestru.
Croeso cynnes i bawb!
🗓12 Rhagfyr 🕔5.00yh
🗣 Dr Ceridwen Lloyd-Morgan
"O'r Hen Ogledd i 'anturyeu y greal': Esblygiad Peredur"
📍Yn Y Drwm
@LLGCymru
ac ar lein
📧E-bostiwch canolfan@cymru.ac.uk i gofrestru.
Croeso cynnes i bawb!
December 9, 2024 at 11:48 AM
Edrychwn ymlaen at y digwyddiad yma nos Iau.
Croeso cynnes i bawb.
Croeso cynnes i bawb.
Reposted by John T. Koch
🎄🎄Nodyn atgoffa – Darlith Nadolig Cymdeithas Hynafiaethau Cymru 11/12/24: Michael Freeman ar y Wisg Gymreig🎄🎄
Dyme eich atgoffa am Ddarlith Nadolig y Cambriaid am 2024, a fydd yn cael ei chynnal ar Zoom am 7pm ar nos Fercher 11 Rhagfyr. Bydd yn cael ei thraddodi gan Michael Freeman.
Dyme eich atgoffa am Ddarlith Nadolig y Cambriaid am 2024, a fydd yn cael ei chynnal ar Zoom am 7pm ar nos Fercher 11 Rhagfyr. Bydd yn cael ei thraddodi gan Michael Freeman.
December 1, 2024 at 9:01 PM
🎄🎄Nodyn atgoffa – Darlith Nadolig Cymdeithas Hynafiaethau Cymru 11/12/24: Michael Freeman ar y Wisg Gymreig🎄🎄
Dyme eich atgoffa am Ddarlith Nadolig y Cambriaid am 2024, a fydd yn cael ei chynnal ar Zoom am 7pm ar nos Fercher 11 Rhagfyr. Bydd yn cael ei thraddodi gan Michael Freeman.
Dyme eich atgoffa am Ddarlith Nadolig y Cambriaid am 2024, a fydd yn cael ei chynnal ar Zoom am 7pm ar nos Fercher 11 Rhagfyr. Bydd yn cael ei thraddodi gan Michael Freeman.
Reposted by John T. Koch
#aydh Ar y dydd hwn yn 1919 (105 blynedd yn ôl) – ganwyd Meredydd Evans, canwr gwerin ac ymgyrchydd dros y Gymraeg.
📷 Manylion ar: alchetron.com
📷 Manylion ar: alchetron.com
December 9, 2024 at 9:38 AM
#aydh Ar y dydd hwn yn 1919 (105 blynedd yn ôl) – ganwyd Meredydd Evans, canwr gwerin ac ymgyrchydd dros y Gymraeg.
📷 Manylion ar: alchetron.com
📷 Manylion ar: alchetron.com
Reposted by John T. Koch
🌲8️⃣🎁
8ᵗʰ c.
Cín Dromma Snechtai ‘The Book of Druimm Snechtai (Drumsnat)’
By the 8ᵗʰ century, epigraphic ogam had become a thing of the past & a matter of folklore. Two tales from the lost manuscript Cín Dromma Snechtai illustrate this point. At the end of Immram Brain maic Ḟebail ‘The Sea-Voyage…
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8ᵗʰ c.
Cín Dromma Snechtai ‘The Book of Druimm Snechtai (Drumsnat)’
By the 8ᵗʰ century, epigraphic ogam had become a thing of the past & a matter of folklore. Two tales from the lost manuscript Cín Dromma Snechtai illustrate this point. At the end of Immram Brain maic Ḟebail ‘The Sea-Voyage…
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December 8, 2024 at 6:34 AM
🌲8️⃣🎁
8ᵗʰ c.
Cín Dromma Snechtai ‘The Book of Druimm Snechtai (Drumsnat)’
By the 8ᵗʰ century, epigraphic ogam had become a thing of the past & a matter of folklore. Two tales from the lost manuscript Cín Dromma Snechtai illustrate this point. At the end of Immram Brain maic Ḟebail ‘The Sea-Voyage…
ᚐ
8ᵗʰ c.
Cín Dromma Snechtai ‘The Book of Druimm Snechtai (Drumsnat)’
By the 8ᵗʰ century, epigraphic ogam had become a thing of the past & a matter of folklore. Two tales from the lost manuscript Cín Dromma Snechtai illustrate this point. At the end of Immram Brain maic Ḟebail ‘The Sea-Voyage…
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Reposted by John T. Koch
Ring of Brodgar, Orkney #StandingStoneSunday
December 8, 2024 at 8:58 AM
Ring of Brodgar, Orkney #StandingStoneSunday
Reposted by John T. Koch
Diolch i @winidavies.bsky.social am yr argymhelliad gwych hwn. Wedi cyrhaedd y bore 'ma. Hen gopi o llyfrgelloedd Caerdydd.
Edrych' mlan at ei ddarllen.
Edrych' mlan at ei ddarllen.
December 8, 2024 at 10:18 AM
Diolch i @winidavies.bsky.social am yr argymhelliad gwych hwn. Wedi cyrhaedd y bore 'ma. Hen gopi o llyfrgelloedd Caerdydd.
Edrych' mlan at ei ddarllen.
Edrych' mlan at ei ddarllen.
Reposted by John T. Koch
#otd 8 December - Feast of Cynidr (6c). Churches named after him
Aberysgir, Llan-y-wern, Cantref a Llangynidr, and Llanncinitir in Erging (Herefordshire).
There's a wonderful project ‘Cult of Saints in Wales’ by the Centre for Advanced Welsh and Celtic Studies in Aberystwyth.
📷 Powys by Jim Budd
Aberysgir, Llan-y-wern, Cantref a Llangynidr, and Llanncinitir in Erging (Herefordshire).
There's a wonderful project ‘Cult of Saints in Wales’ by the Centre for Advanced Welsh and Celtic Studies in Aberystwyth.
📷 Powys by Jim Budd
December 8, 2024 at 8:27 AM
#otd 8 December - Feast of Cynidr (6c). Churches named after him
Aberysgir, Llan-y-wern, Cantref a Llangynidr, and Llanncinitir in Erging (Herefordshire).
There's a wonderful project ‘Cult of Saints in Wales’ by the Centre for Advanced Welsh and Celtic Studies in Aberystwyth.
📷 Powys by Jim Budd
Aberysgir, Llan-y-wern, Cantref a Llangynidr, and Llanncinitir in Erging (Herefordshire).
There's a wonderful project ‘Cult of Saints in Wales’ by the Centre for Advanced Welsh and Celtic Studies in Aberystwyth.
📷 Powys by Jim Budd
Reposted by John T. Koch
Improving Welsh public transport could help disabled people into work
Accommodating disabled and long-term sick people would provide many benefits to society as a whole. Perhaps wider society would even be grateful to them?
✍️ Sam Lewis
bylines.cymru/politics-and...
Accommodating disabled and long-term sick people would provide many benefits to society as a whole. Perhaps wider society would even be grateful to them?
✍️ Sam Lewis
bylines.cymru/politics-and...
Improving Welsh public transport could help disabled people into work
Accommodating disabled and long-term sick people would provide many benefits to society as a whole. Perhaps wider society would even be grateful to them?
bylines.cymru
December 8, 2024 at 10:06 AM
Improving Welsh public transport could help disabled people into work
Accommodating disabled and long-term sick people would provide many benefits to society as a whole. Perhaps wider society would even be grateful to them?
✍️ Sam Lewis
bylines.cymru/politics-and...
Accommodating disabled and long-term sick people would provide many benefits to society as a whole. Perhaps wider society would even be grateful to them?
✍️ Sam Lewis
bylines.cymru/politics-and...
Reposted by John T. Koch
#OldBretonAdventCalendar
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05.12.2024
‘dar’
Leyde Cod. Voss lat. F96A f.2a
‘dar’ in this text means ‘oak’, in ‘rusc dar’ (‘rusk(enn) derv’ in Modern Breton). This word looks much closer to Cornish ‘dar’ and Welsh ‘dâr’ than Breton ‘derv’ (Fleuriot p129), and there might be a good reason why.
⛄🌳
05.12.2024
‘dar’
Leyde Cod. Voss lat. F96A f.2a
‘dar’ in this text means ‘oak’, in ‘rusc dar’ (‘rusk(enn) derv’ in Modern Breton). This word looks much closer to Cornish ‘dar’ and Welsh ‘dâr’ than Breton ‘derv’ (Fleuriot p129), and there might be a good reason why.
December 5, 2024 at 6:02 AM
#OldBretonAdventCalendar
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05.12.2024
‘dar’
Leyde Cod. Voss lat. F96A f.2a
‘dar’ in this text means ‘oak’, in ‘rusc dar’ (‘rusk(enn) derv’ in Modern Breton). This word looks much closer to Cornish ‘dar’ and Welsh ‘dâr’ than Breton ‘derv’ (Fleuriot p129), and there might be a good reason why.
⛄🌳
05.12.2024
‘dar’
Leyde Cod. Voss lat. F96A f.2a
‘dar’ in this text means ‘oak’, in ‘rusc dar’ (‘rusk(enn) derv’ in Modern Breton). This word looks much closer to Cornish ‘dar’ and Welsh ‘dâr’ than Breton ‘derv’ (Fleuriot p129), and there might be a good reason why.