Atkinson — On the Subjunctive Mood in Welsh. 471 



Icaffwyf ymbraw a'r marchawc, ' so that I may get an opportunity of 

 fighting with the knight,' 249, 23. 



Also in Modal clauses, where the matter has a purely subjective 

 reference ; thus the subjunctive comes after ual in the sense of 

 ' in accordance with,' of. ymgelfylybet bawp honawch ae gilyd, 

 mal y mynno, * ji^st as each likes,' 223, 23; y wneuthur iawn idi 

 ual y larnher, 256, i ; gwnaet iawn, mal y larno goreugwyr y llys, 

 ' as the nobles decide,' 261, 5 ; mi a wnaf ual y dywettych di, ' I shall 

 act in accordance with thy directions,' 276, 27. 



The comparison is more definitely indicated by the use of wrth 

 ual : cf. 2, 23 wrth ual y bo dy enryded, ' in^ proportion to what thy 

 dignity may be,' ' in a manner befitting thy social rank ' ; 3, y, ac wrtb 

 ual y gwelych y gwassanaeth yndi, yd adnabydy voes y llys, ' and in 

 proportion as thou seest the service therein, thou wilt come to learn 

 the manners of the court.' 



III. Adjectival Clauses. 



In such subordinate clauses as contain not simply the admitted or 

 guaranteed description of the object referred to in the chief clause, but 

 express the desired or pre- supposed possession of some special quality 

 in that object, the subjective nature of the connexion between the 

 clauses necessarily involves the use of the subjunctive mood. The 

 connexion may be perhaps best expressed in English by the phrase, 

 ' of such a particular hind, that . . .'; here, as often as the whole class of 

 that kind is referred to, the structure falls under the ' concessive ' 

 category, and is best expressed by an -ever clause, as will be 

 abundantly exemplified in the following : — 



1. Cf. y He y mynnych di, 'whatever place you please,' 12,5; 

 gwna oet . . . y del E,. y'th ol, ' name a trysting-day when E.. shall 

 come after thee,' 17, 18 ; kymer wreic arall, y bo ettiued itt o-honei, 

 * take another wife [of such a kind that] thou mayest have an heir 

 from her,' 18, 6 ; llatheu aryant a uo kyvref ac ef e-hun, 30, 13 ; y 

 Hun y mynno e-hun, ' in whatever form he please,' 30, 19 ; y gwr a 

 lader hediw it, ' whatever man of thine be slain to-day,' 31, 1 1 ; y mab 

 a aner, 32, 10 ; yn y uann y bont, ' whatever place they may be in,' 

 33, 13 ; yn y lie y mynnych, 37, 7 ; atteb a uo gwell att V., 37, 17 ; 

 ty y geingho ef a gwyr y. k., 37, 21 ; krefft y haffon yn hymborth, ' a 

 handicraft [of such a kind that] we can support ourselves by it,' 

 47, II ; y gwerth a vynnych, 'whatever price you like,' 57,4; ^^^^ 

 uorwyn a uo is dy draet weithon, 65, 13, [where the predication is 



