Atkinson — On the Subjunctive Mood in Welsh. 469 



tydi a'm gwely i, hany toelwyf i dydi, ' thou shalt see me, even 

 though. I do not see thee,' 173, 19; or gwely wreic tec, gordercha 

 hi, kyn ny'th uynno, ' if thou see a pretty woman, woo her, 

 though she will not (have) thee,' 195, 22 ; kyt gwely ch bath a uo 

 ryued gennyt, 201, z ; nyt af y-wrthyt, hjny wnelwyf dim oc a 

 dywedy, ' I shall not leave thee, even though I do not accomplish 

 aught of what thou sayst,' 207,23; ^J^ ny^s gellych, 220, 18; kyt 

 dywetto ef overed, 222, 3; kyn na allom ni, 280,24; ^y^ ^^1^^ ^• 

 gouut . . . gennyt ti, 262, 12 ; kyt caffo clot yndunt, 264, 10 ; kyt 

 ymlado a mi, 270, z ; 280, 18 (kyt y'm llado i) ; kyt mynnyeh di gwe- 

 let vy angheu i, 271, 7. 



But, if the case is stated as an admitted fact, we have the im- 

 perative, loet, ' let it be,' cf . kyt hoet keuyndyrw y mi, ' granting that 

 he is my cousin,' 44, 12 ; kyt hoet drwc gennyt ti, 69, 23 ; kyt boet 

 iach, 265, 22. 



2. The use of yr is rare : kaffel etiued honat ti, yr nas Icaffo 

 arall, ' though she may not get an heir from another,' 101, 23. 



3. The construction with the disjunctive sentence, ' whether X or 

 Y,' is not frequent, but it occurs: pan dycko beich, na mawr na bychan 

 uu, ' as soon as he carries a burden, whether it be great or small,' 109, 

 ig. This may be expressed otherwise: bethbynnac a uo . . . , nabyw 

 na mai-w, 'in whatever state he be, alive or dead,' 289, 10 ; or as in 

 246, 9, na march awe na phedestyr y del idaw, ' be it knight or foot- 

 man that may come to him.' 



4. In sentences which in English begin with a relative pronoun or 

 adverb that is made of general application by the addition of the 

 particle -ever., {whoever, whatever, however, whenever, wherever &c.), the 

 particle -ever is often expressed, viz. hynnac, the predicative word being 

 inserted between the introductory pronoun and hynnac: pa dylyedawc 

 bynnac a eistedo arnei, 'whatever nobleman sit upon it,' 8, 19 ; pa arch 

 hynnac a erchych di y-mi, ' whatever boon thou ask of me,' 1 3, i ; pa hyt 

 hynnac y lych yma, 'however long thou remain here,' 105, 18 ; pw^ 

 bynnac a vynno kanlyn A., . . . ac a'r nys mynno, 'whoever be willing 

 to follow A., and whoever be not willing,' 160, x, y ; pa le bynnac y 

 hwyfi, 199, 24 ; pwy bynnac a vynno ennill clot, 233, 1 3 ; beth bynnac 

 nu a dtjlyych, 279, 16 ; pwy bynnac a uych, 290, 24. 



The verb is occasionally inserted between the pronoun and the par- 

 ticle, cf. 104, 7 pa diaspettych di bynnac am gyfreitheu llys A., ' how- 

 ver much thou clamour at the laws of A.'s court.' 



5. The limiting phrase 'however much' is generally expressed by 

 yr before the relatival a and a verb in the subjunctive ; cf. yr a 



