llamhidydd

Welsh

Noun

llamhidydd m (plural llamhidyddion)

1. (archaic) dancer
2. porpoise

Quotations

Quotations: circa 1436 – 1898

• circa 1436: Rhys Goch Eryri (Iolo Goch), [cywydd]; reprinted in:
• 2007: Sally Harper, Music in Welsh Culture Before 1650: A Study of the Principal Sources, page 11 (Ashgate Publishing; →ISBN — spelling modernised in the reprint

  Pob crythor ddihepgor ddyn
  Dilys a phob cerdd delyn;
  Pob trwmpls propr hirgorn copr cau,
  Pob sôn pobl, pob sŵn pibau;
  Pob hudol, anfoddol fydd,
  Llwm hadl, a phob llamhidydd;
  pob ffidler law draw y dring,
  Pob swtr tabwrdd, pob sawtring.

  Every crwth player – indispensable, faultless man –
  and every tune of the harp;
  every seemly trumpet with its long, hollow, copper horn,
  every chatter from people, every sound from pipes;
  every conjurer – unseemly he is –
  and every tumbler;
  every fiddler’s hand climbs up yonder,
  every adversary with a drum, every psaltery.

• circa 1564–1634: Tomas Prys of Plasiolyn, Y Llamhidydd; reprinted in:
• 2008: Arthur Hughes, Cywyddau Cymru, pages 179–180 (BiblioBazaar, LLC; →ISBN — spelling modernised in the reprint

  Y llamhidydd llym hoywdeg,
  Yn llamu’n frau y tonnau teg,
  Llawen ydwyd lle nodir,
  Llon ym mrig ton ym mro tir;
  Ffrom olwg, ffriw ymyloer,
  A phryd arth yn y ffrwd oer.
  Twrch heli taer uchelwaith,
  Treigla’r môr, tro eglur maith;
  Drwy yr haf, pan dry yr hin,
  Doi i rocio ymlaen drycin.

• 1728–1765: [One of the four sons of Morris ap Rhisiart Morris], [letter]; reprinted in:
• 1907: John Humphreys (editor), The letters of Lewis, Richard, William and John Morris of Anglesey (Morrisiaid Môn), 1728–1765, volume 1, page 493 (self-published; printed by Fox, Jones)

  […] tonnau, ac yn marchogaeth ar gefn llamhidyddion, ag yn ymgomio a’r môr forwynion ar rheini yn ei berchi ag yn ysgwyd eu cynffonau arno, yno mi ddeallais mai rhyw wr santaidd ydoedd, ag o dippyn i dippyn wrth fy addfwynder mi ymlithrais iw gymdeithas ef, […]

• 1898: Iolo Goch and Charles Ashton (editor), Gweithiau Iolo Goch: gyda nodiadau hanesyddol a beiriadol, page 513 (Honourable Society of Cymmrodorion (London, England); printed by W. Minshall & co.)

  Gofyna, Pa beth wyd — ai herod, ai hudol, ai llamhidydd, ai bro Adda, ai breuddwyd, ai brwydr oer, ai bradwr, ai gau-dduw, ai paintiwr ?

Usage notes

• The English collective noun “a company of dancers” can be translated using the Welsh “miutai o lamhidyddion”, although such usage is at best obscure nowadays.

Related terms

• llambedyddiol

Synonyms

• (dancer): dawnsiwr, *dychlammwr, (literally, “bounder”) llammwr, (literally, “jumper”) llamsachwr
• (porpoises): (literally, “sea-pig”) môr-hwch, (liable to be confused for seahorse) môr-geffyl

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
llamhidydd	lamhidydd	unchanged	unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.