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' "wtichever thou desire, out of [all the class of things] which we 

 know' ; 134, 21 yr un a orffo o-nadunt, ' whichever one out of [all the 

 class] of them may conquer.' In precisely the same way is to be con- 

 strued 14, 14 ' thou shalt get all thou hast asked out of [the class of 

 things] which are in my power,' &c. Here the parallel then is to be 

 drawn between 



(«) 118, 8 pob peth or a notto ef arnat ti, 

 (V) i. 48, 20 yr honn a mynnych or a wdam ni, 

 (134, 21 yr un a orffo o-nadimt. 



If there is no possibility of explaining or a in the latter sentence 

 iV) as standing for a ry, then there is no need of the assumption 

 in the former case {a). 



Further, cf. the structure in such cases as — 



104, 3 yssyd wreic ueichawc, 



104,4 ac ar nyt beichawc onadunt. 



The matter is made perfectly certain by the passage at 218, 3, 

 pawb o^r yssyd y-danaw, 

 ' every one [of those] who are under him,' 



for, as surely as yssyd is the relatival form, so surely is ry not prefixed 

 to yssyd. 2 



2. The subjunctive is also regularly used in the relative clause 

 when the antecedent is qualified by an adjective in the superlative 

 degree, or the adjective 'first': y march kyntaf a welych, a toypych, 

 9, 10, 27 ; goreu yw gennyf i . . . ho kyntaf, 'the sooner the better,' 

 12,4; goreu a alio vyth, 'the very best he can,' 23,2; goreu y 

 givedo, 24, 8 ; yr atteb goreu a gaffom, ' (we shall bring) the best 

 answer we get,' 37, 13 ; y gedymdeithas oreu a allwyfi, 45, 4 ; y nos 

 gyntaf y delher, 61, 7 ; yn gyntaf a allont, 72, 19 ; yn oreu a allom 

 72, 21 ; goreu yw gennyf i ho kyntaf y kaffivyf iawn, 79, iq ; kerwy- 

 neit o'r med goreu a alter y wneuthur, 97, i ; y lie kadarnhaf a ^e^cA, 

 97, 12 ; yd yt MO mwyhaf y kyfarws a rcdhom, ' the more in proportion 

 as we give the greater gifts,' 105, 5 ; yr meint mwyhaf a allom, 137, 27 ; 

 yr ymdidan goreu a ivypom,, 163, 2 : yr hynn odidockaf a ivypych, 

 163, 11; yn gyntaly gallo, 168, 9 ; y gyntaf a yrro, 177, 8 ; y gofut 

 kyntaf a del, 180, 14 ; yr anryded goreu a ellych, 204, 22 ; gwnaet . . . 

 a alio waethaf, 205, 7 ; y kyuarwydyt a allwyf, 236, 27; ti a geffy 

 oreu a gaffer itt, 250, z ; y gwassanaeth goreu a allwyf i, 251, 13 ; y 

 trawsgwyd goreu ac a ellych vwyt, 251, 18 ; y wreic vwyhaf a garho^ 

 252,23,25; mwyhaf a gerych o'm fydlonyon, 264, y ; y He goreu a 



