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Y Wenhwyseg

Y Wenhwyseg

@wenhwyseg.bsky.social

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Yn astudio a wilia yn Wenhwyseg. Studying and speaking Gwentian - the South-Eastern form of Welsh.

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Y Wenhwyseg @wenhwyseg.bsky.social · 3d

So upcoming is Nos Calan Gæf......

Spirits are supposed to come visit from darkness for the next day, and bonfires were supposed to be held on the next night to help their passage. Here in the SE, you may be visited by the Lêdi Wen.

Bonfires were supposed to divine the future.

Y Wenhwyseg @wenhwyseg.bsky.social · 8d

Beneath the window is an inscription, which, when the window was perfect, read: “Sanctus Gwinocus, cujus animae propitietur Deus. Amen.”
It was erected in the fourteenth century.

The church still stands in Cornwall:
stwinnowchurch.org.uk

St Winnow Parish Church in Cornwall

St Winnow is a friendly and welcoming family church on the banks of the Fowey River, with St Nectan's Chapel nearby; both with hundreds of years of history

stwinnowchurch.org.uk

Y Wenhwyseg @wenhwyseg.bsky.social · 8d

Llanwnog, in mid-Wales, claims Gwynnog for its founder - and in the chancel window he is represented in stained glass in episcopal habit, mitred, and a pastoral staff in his hand.

Y Wenhwyseg @wenhwyseg.bsky.social · 8d

He seems to have established a large ecclesiastical tribe, as he had churches at Winnow, Pinnock, and Boconnock (Bodd-Gwynnoc). When Saint Samson, son of Amwn Ddu, came to Cornwall on his way to Brittany, after visiting Saint Petrock - he then was visited by Saint Gwynnog.

Y Wenhwyseg @wenhwyseg.bsky.social · 8d

He was a follower of Saint Cadoc, and he settled near the Fowey river, where already was a plantation of Veep, where his aunt on his father’s side lived. There he established a llan, now called Lanngunnet.

Y Wenhwyseg @wenhwyseg.bsky.social · 8d

Today (26 October) is the feast day of Saint Gwynnog.

Saint Gwynnog was the son of Saint Gildas, who was in turn the son of King Caw.

He settled in Cornwall, where he is known as Winnoc, and Pinnock, and Winnow.

Y Wenhwyseg @wenhwyseg.bsky.social · 12d

Y Wenhwyseg @wenhwyseg.bsky.social · 13d

Gair y dydd! word of the day!

isffordd = underground way, tunnel, subway

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https://www.thenational.scot/news/25557823.shetland-subsea-tunnels-plans-reach-important-next-step/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Twitter#Echobox=1760979676

Y Wenhwyseg @wenhwyseg.bsky.social · 16d

We pronounce things quite similarly to the NW..... But our grammar is nicer 😉

Y Wenhwyseg @wenhwyseg.bsky.social · 22d

Gair y dydd! Word of the day!

Ffæ = beans
Ffafen = bean

-Nei di pico'r ffæ? = Will you go and pick the beans?

Beans

Y Wenhwyseg @wenhwyseg.bsky.social · 23d

wot no Rogers?

Y Wenhwyseg @wenhwyseg.bsky.social · 23d

It was the same for most of the country! 🙂

Y Wenhwyseg @wenhwyseg.bsky.social · 24d

Celtic languages in the 1880s.

Y Wenhwyseg @wenhwyseg.bsky.social · Sep 16

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.

Y Wenhwyseg @wenhwyseg.bsky.social · Sep 15

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!

Y Wenhwyseg @wenhwyseg.bsky.social · Sep 15

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'.

Y Wenhwyseg @wenhwyseg.bsky.social · Sep 15

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.

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 .

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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

Y Wenhwyseg @wenhwyseg.bsky.social · Aug 24

Ha!
We can go soooooo much shorter.

wn i'm

😀

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

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' 🤣

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

Y Wenhwyseg @wenhwyseg.bsky.social · Aug 9

rwpath am y Satwrn!