Word(s) of the Day 27/11/18
Today we have some wind related phrases, inspired by the lively weather we’re having today.
Gwynt Traed y Meirw = goo-int trah-ed uh may-roo
Gwynt Traed y Meirw means a blustery eastern wind.
gwynt means wind. Traed means feet. Meirw / y meirw means the dead.
This phrase has it’s origins in the tradition of burying the dead with their feet facing east. So a cold wind from the east is Gwynt Traed y Meirw.
Now seeing as we live in an old cottage and that it’s blowing gales outside, we’re battling another kind of wind today…
Gwynt Cilddor = goo-int keel-thor
Gwynt Cilddor means a draught.
Cil means a corner or nook, an angle / small angle, nape, back of, shaded part, retreat.
Dor / Ddor is another word for door
Cilddor or Cil y Drws means the open space between a door and it’s frame when the door is only slightly open.
Therefore Gwynt Cilddor is the wind that comes in through the edge of a slightly open door. So Gwynt Cilddor is used to mean a draught.
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