glud

See also: Głud and ġlud

Welsh

Etymology

From Middle Welsh glut (compare Middle Breton glut, Old Irish gláed, modern Irish glae), from Proto-Brythonic *glʉd, from Latin glūten (“glue”).

Pronunciation

• (North Wales) IPA^(key): /ɡlɨːd/
• (South Wales) IPA^(key): /ɡliːd/
• Rhymes: -ɨːd
• Homophone: glyd (“snug”)

Noun

glud m (usually uncountable, plural gludion or gludoedd)

1. glue
2. gum

   Synonym: gwm

3. birdlime

   Synonym: glud adar

4. paste, size (type of thin glue)

   Synonyms: past, seis

5. (figuratively) mess, pickle, trouble

   Synonyms: picl, trybini

Derived terms

• glud adar, adarlud (“birdlime”)
• gludio (“to glue”)
• gludiog (“gluey”)
• gludlys (“catchfly”)
• (back-formed from soft-mutation) llud (“slime”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of glud

radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
glud	lud	nglud	unchanged

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

• D. G. Lewis, N. Lewis, editors (2005–present), “glud”, in Gweiadur: the Welsh–English Dictionary, Gwerin
• R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “glud”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies