Bydd i ti ddychwelyd.
Someone asked me to "translate" the above. He says "it's supposedly Scottish or Gaelic...or both".Not speaking EITHER, I am at a loss. Any of our Neocelt mavens wanna take a stab?TIA.PS: I have parsed...
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You're darn tootin' it is (and the translation's OK) but what's it doing on a site devoted to Gaelic?
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And what is with the double-d druidd? That's not Irish or Scottish Gaelic. And it doesn't look Welsh either (though I am no expert, I would expect a y and/or w in there and not a u and an i)Edit: This...
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Are these Welsh, too? They are on the same page mentioned above, and I am assuming they must be Welsh since they aren't Gaelic (at least not Irish).Gwydion ap FionnbhrrGwynne n Rhydiangyrfalcon
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The first two attempt a mixture of Welsh and Irish names. The last is decidedly Middle English (a hunting falcon) from Germanic via Old French. (Edit: re - Druidd. Never seen this before. The Welsh is...
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Yeah, this page is basically useless for anybody who wishes to gain a true knowledge of any of the many languages it butchers.Edit:>You're darn tootin' it is (and the translation's OK) but what's...
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Gerfalcon (or gyrfalcon) is good, plain English, meaning a large falcon. The first element of the word is obscure, but interestingly it comes to us from the Frankish, not a language that I see...
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Not often, aldi, but the very recent query for bandon drove me (as ever) to Chambers, where a *Frankish origin was suggested (the OED apparently gave Old French). Two in one week - Guinness should be...
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I am confused, I guess. I always thought the Welsh were basically Celts. Where did I go wrong? This thread points up quite different origins without saying much else.
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dh, I don't quite see where you get the idea of different origins from this thread. Please explain...
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