^OO ESSAY ON THE ORIGIN AND CHARACTER 



Givyny white : feminine gwen. 



Coch, or coch, red. n ClaivJJ coch, * the red ridge,' a part of 



Snowdon. 

 Llan, a fmooth plot, a place of meeting, the church-place or 



village, and, figuratively, the church. 

 Llechy a flat ftone, or crag, a fmooth cliff. Harlech, • upon the 



cliff,' in Merlonethfhire. 

 Lltuyn, a grove, or copfe. JJiuyn on, * the afh grove.* 

 Llyn, a pool, pond, or mere : plural Llyn'tau. 

 Maen, a ftone. Maentiurog, ' the flone of Twrog,' a church in 



the vale of Ffeftiniog. 

 Maesy an open field . Maes Porlh^ * the field of the port,' in 



Angltfea, nearly oppofite to Caernarvon, 

 Matvr, great : feminine vawr. Mynydd maiur, ' the great 



mountain,' betwixt Caernarvon and Bcddgelert. 

 Morfa, a marfh. Morfa Rhyddlan^ * Rhyddlan matfh,' Flint- 



fhire. 

 Mynyddy a. mountain. Mynydd ma-wr, * the great moun- 

 tain.* 

 Nant, a narrow hollow, or ravine. Nant Frangon., ' the beaver's 



hollow,' near Bangor. 

 Petiy a head, top, or end. Peiirhyuy ' the head of the promon- 

 tory,' near Bangor. 

 Pijiyll, a narrow ftream, or fpout of water. P'tjlyll y Ga'ttty * the 



fpout of the Cain,' near Dol^elle. 

 Plus, a hall, or manfion. Plds Neivydd, * the new manfion,' in 



Anglefea, near Moel y Don ferry. 

 Pont., a bridge. Pont Seiont, ' the bridge over the Seiont,* 



near Caernarvon. 

 Porth, a port, or harbour. Porth yn Llyn, * the harbour in 



the promontory of Llyn. 

 Rhauidr, a cataract. Rha'iadr maiur, < the great cataraft,' near 



Aber, Caernarvonlhire. 

 Rhiw, an afcent. Rhlivedog, * the abrupt afcent/ near Bala. 

 Rhos, a mold plain, or meadow. Penrhos, ' the head of the 



plain,' a village in Anglefea. 



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