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principal clause, kymeint ac a toxjiowyf i, mi ae dywedaf itt, ' as 

 much as I know, I shall tell thee ?'^,' 237, i ; a welycli di y uot yn 

 lawn . . . mi ae gwnaf, 265, x ; a uynnych di, ni ae gwnawn, 274, 21. 

 Not so common is the omission of the antecedent pronoun in con- 

 struction with a preposition : titheu a elly gyfnewityaw yr a uo gwell, 



* exchange it for (that) which may be better,' 62, 9 ; ny ellir dim wrth 

 a uynno Duw, ' nothing can be done against (that) which God wills,' 

 290, y. 



The antecedent may of course be a pronoun, as rei : gwnaet rei 

 a uo llei noc wynt, 70, 20 ; — yr hynn : notta yr hynn a mjnnych^ 

 120, 18 ; yr hwnn a uo da gennyt ti, 127, 8 ; yr hynnny alio dyn vyth 

 y waret, 132, 23; [but indie, yr hynn a allaf^ 'what {I know) I 

 can,' 65, 21 ;] ; — y neb: ni a atwaenwn y neb a dylyer y kymryt 

 y-gantaw, 16, 20 ; y neb a ymhanlyno ac ymladeu, 193, 5 ; y neb a del 

 attaw 284, z ; — leth, gwylya heth a wnel, ' watching (to see) what he 

 will do,' 184, II. 



The class out of which the antecedent is taken, or to which it 

 belongs, may follow the verb in the relative clause : 



yr honn a mynnych or a wdam ni, 48, 20 ; yr un a orffo o-nadunt, 

 ' whichever one of them may conquer,' 134, 21 ; but also cf. ae un 

 o-honawch chwi a'm hymero i, 'any one of you who will take me,' 

 178,26. 



A very interesting problem is presented by this construction, which 

 is not rare, as the examples will show : 



kymeint ac a ercheist, or a uo y'm medyant i, ti ae keffy, ' as much 

 as thou hast asked, of that which may be in my power, thou shalt get 

 it,' 14, 14 ; mi a atawaf wyrda drossof yma, y atteb y bawp or a'th 

 ovynno di, ' I shall leave noblemen here, to answer to all of that 

 which thou may est ask,' 16, 27 ; na omed neb hediw or a vynno da, 



* do not refuse any one to-day, of all those who may desire a boon,' 

 17, 9 ; ba hustyng bynnac . . . or y kyfarfo y gwynt ac ef, ef ae 

 gwybyd, ' any whisper ... of all that the wind may come into contact 

 with, he knows it,' 60,7; pob peth or a notto ef arnat ti y gaelj 

 ' whatever thing, of all that he request of thee to get it, (promise him),' 

 118, 8 ; a hwnnw a lad pawb or a del y'r Uys honn heb y gan- 

 hyat, ' he slays all who come into this court without his leave,' 

 221, 1 1 ; cf . 223, 7. 224, 21, pawb or o. del; a Had pob aniueil a wna 

 or a gyfarffo ac ef yndi, ac ar nys llado^ marw vydant newyn, ' and 

 he slays every animal, of all those that come into contact with him 

 therein; and those whom he slay not, die of hunger,' 241, 11 ; 

 paret dyuot ac a wo uarch or a wedo y wraged eu marchogaeth, ' let 



