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it ' ; 18, 4 ae harhoive, ' whoever may await it,' (26, i harovy) ; 22, 3 ar ny creddoe 

 y Dovit, ' whoever believes not in God'; 31, 10 a.e ceisso, ' -whoever may seek ' ; 

 35,25 a gothuij crist, 'whoever offends Christ'; 36, i, 2 a goffaho Duw ac ni's 

 tirmycco, 'whoever may call upon God and not despise Him'; 36,7 ^ wnel o 

 pechaud, ' whatever he commit of sin ' ; 36, 14 guae ae gunel, ' woe to him whoever 

 may do it ' ; 44, 12 ae canJio, ' whoever may sing them ' ; 44, 21 ny io pur, 'what- 

 ever is not pure.' 



After nouns : 11, z pop fort it elher, ' every road whatever on which it may be 

 gone ' ; 14, 22 erbin oed }• dit y del paup oe bet, ' against the destined day whenever 

 each one shall come from his grave ' ; 36, 3 y nos y tragho, 'on whatever night he 

 die' ; 18, i y saer ae gunelivy, ' whatever artizan may make it ' ; mjTiyd vo truin, 

 yd-uit trev, ' wherever nose is, will be snorting' ; 44, 14 fort a delhich ti, ' what- 

 ever road thou mayest come'; 49,31 y gur a rithao Duw, 'whatever man God 

 make free.' 



The antecedent is often omitted when the -word referred to is 

 easily inferred from the rest of the clause, the relative a being con- 

 stantly used in the pregnant construction (= is qui) of demonstrative- 

 relative ; cf. aet ae mynno, 'let him go who wishes it,' 23, 15 ; a. va 

 penn, hit bont, ' whoever is a head, let him be a bridge,' 36, 25 ; Q.del 

 yma, ' whoever comes hither (from X),' 34, 13 (cf. 292, 2, 11); a «o 

 mwy, 120,8; a vo merch, 'whatever there is of horse,' 'any horse,' 

 247, 5 ; a «o yma . . . gwrhaet idaw, ' whoever is here, let him do 

 homage to him,' 257, 23. 



Occasionally the extent of the ellipse is noteworthy, cf. or byd ae 

 gwarauunho itt hediw, ' if there is any one who grudges it to thee to- 

 day,' 253, 21 ; ny thebygaf i ae gwarauuno idi, ' I do not think (that 

 there is anybody) who will grudge it to her,' 263, 13. 



Cf. the following instances : — 



Keis a'th laclho, ' seek (somebody) who will (be the person to) slay 

 thee,' 5, 24.; not a nottych, 'name whatever thou please,' 106, 2, 10, 1 1 

 (a notto dy benn) ; na thwyllaf, a'm cretto, ' I shall not deceive (any 

 one) who trusts me,' 117, 15 ; pan gaffwyf a nottivyf arnat, 'as soon 

 as I get (that) which I ask of thee,' 120, 16; yssyd na's keffych, 

 ' there is (a thing) which thou canst not get,' 120, 26 ; 121, 1,5, [9 !], 

 12 &c. ; gwnewch chwi a ivnelhoch, 'do what ye should do,' 140, 18 ; 

 a t'ywwo Duw, derffit, ' God's will be done,' 155, 21 ; keis . . . ae 

 hynhalyo, 'seek one who can defend it,' 177, 19; llyma a wnelych, 

 ' this is what thou shouldst do,' 201, z ; y wneuthur a vynnont a thi, 

 'to do what they please with thee,' 206, 25; Avely di a wnelych, 'see 

 what thou shouldst do,' 271, 23 ; ti a geffy a vynnych, 'thou shalt get 

 whatever thou mayst wish,' 294, 23. 



The pronoun may appear pleonastically as a suffix in the 



