Word of the Day: cantor 'a singer': geiriadur.ac.uk/gpc/gpc.html?c… On the birthday of Pontardawe singer Mary Hopkin, have a look in GPC for some of the many other names for a singer, incl. ceinciwr, lleisiad, cathlwr, gorcheithlad, teleiddyn.
(Picture: Mary Hopkin Music)

Word of the Day: deunod geiriadur.ac.uk/gpc/gpc.html?g… – literally = 'two notes', i.e. two sounds (esp. for the cuckoo's song). (Picture: RSPB)

Word of the Day: Siartiaeth 'Chartism': geiriadur.ac.uk/gpc/gpc.html?S…. 185 years ago today, a conflict began in Llanidloes over the democratic reforms that Chartism claimed – six months before the great Newport uprising on 4 November 1839.

Word of the Day: rhowtshys '(wheel-)ruts': geiriadur.ac.uk/gpc/gpc.html?r… – that's what happens when the ruts that vehicles make on wet ground dry out. They are likely to be common this year. Are there other words for this?

Word of the Day: cyhoeddi 'to proclaim, to publish': geiriadur.ac.uk/gpc/gpc.html?c…. The Wrexham 2025 National Eisteddfod Proclamation Ceremony will be held tomorrow. Good luck to Professor Mererid Hopwood, President of the Friends of GPC, who is starting her term as Archdruid.

Word of the Day: bere 'a bird of prey': geiriadur.ac.uk/gpc/gpc.html?b… – which occurs in place-names such as Castell y Bere (pictured). This was the last place to surrender to the forces of the King of England and that on 25 April 1283.

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Word of the Day: eiddew 'ivy, Hedera helix': geiriadur.ac.uk/gpc/gpc.html?e… - this has a lovely green colour. There are several pronunciations of the name. What do you say? Or do you say 'iorwg'?

Word of the Day: peint: geiriadur.ac.uk/gpc/gpc.html?p…. Did anyone go for 'un peintyn sydyn syth', literally 'one straight quick pint' over the weekend, such as Twm o'r Nant in 1786?

Word of the Day: telynor 'a harpist': geiriadur.ac.uk/gpc/gpc.html?t…. Two hundred years to the day, the famous harpist Edward Jones, who was known as the King's Bard, died. As well as performing, he collected and published much traditional music and old verses.

Word of the Day: pren bara a chaws 'hawthorn, Cratægus monogyna': geiriadur.ac.uk/gpc/gpc.html?p… – an interesting name for hawthorn (literally, 'bread and cheese tree'). Used colloquially in Denbighshire, says the Dictionary. Who uses it now?

Word of the Day: orgraff 'orthography': geiriadur.ac.uk/gpc/gpc.html?o…. 95 years ago today Sir John Morris-Jones died. He chaired the committee that produced the standard work on Welsh spelling in 1928, which set the standard for Welsh spelling and is central to the Dictionary's work.

Word of the Day: tyrfa 'a crowd': geiriadur.ac.uk/gpc/gpc.html?t…. 'Y Dyrfa' was the title of the poem that won the Crown for Cynan, at the Bangor Eisteddfod in 1931. It is a poem about a rugby game which was something completely new in Welsh. Cynan was born 129 years ago yesterday.

Word of the Day: paun 'a peacock': geiriadur.ac.uk/gpc/gpc.html?p…. The peacock is often associated with aristocratic courts. This is a picture of a peacock roaming the terraces of the Dutch Garden at Gwydir Castle.

Word of the Day: penadur 'a leader': welsh-dictionary.ac.uk/gpc/gpc.html?p…. One of many names for 'prince'. Llywelyn the Great, the chief who reigned for 45 years, died in Aberconwy Abbey (pictured) on this date in 1240.

Word of the Day: braenaru 'to prepare [land]'welsh-dictionary.ac.uk/gpc/gpc.html?b…. Mae ffermwyr yn 'eredic. a brynaru. a llyfnu' ('plough, prepare and harrow' (Red Book of Hergest, c. 1400) their land at this time of the year. Have you noticed ploughed fields in your area?

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Word of the Day: lili'r dyffryn 'lily of the valley, Convallaria majalis': welsh-dictionary.ac.uk/gpc/gpc.html?l… – this is the earliest name for this spring flower, which occurs in the 1588 Bible. It has several other Welsh names, including gwenonwy, alaw crewyll, etc.

Word of the Day: llythrennog geiriadur.ac.uk/gpc/gpc.html?l…. By the time Griffith Jones, Llanddowror's death, on this day in 1761, his circulating schools had made Wales one of the most literate countries in the world.

Word of the Day: cyfrifiad 'a census': geiriadur.ac.uk/gpc/gpc.html?c…. This map shows the percentage of the population of Wales who spoke Welsh by area according to the 1891 census – the first to record the use of the Welsh language, taken on 5 April 1891.