hwrdd

Welsh

hwrdd

Etymology

Possibly related to hwrdd (“violent push, thrust, blow”); the latter is thought to derive from an earlier *sor-d-, from Proto-Indo-European *ser- (“to flow”). Cognate with Cornish hordh.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /hʊrð/
• Rhymes: -ʊrð

Noun

hwrdd m (plural hyrddod, diminutive hyrddyn, not mutable)

1. (South Wales) a ram, a male sheep

   Synonym: maharen

2. a battering ram

   Synonyms: hwrddbeiriant, hwrdd rhyfel, magnel hwrdd

3. a rammer
4. a grayling, Thymallus thymallus

   Synonym: cangen las

5. an idiot

Derived terms

• fel hwrdd mewn niwl (“in a helpless state”)
• gefel ben hwrdd (“ram's head (pincers)”)
• Hwrdd (“Aries”)
• hwrdd palmentu (“rammer”)
• hwrdd rhyfel (“battering ram”)
• hwrddbeiriant (“battering ram”)
• hyrddes (“"she-ram", derogatory term for a person”)
• magnel hwrdd (“battering ram”)
• oen hwrdd (“ram lamb”)

Further reading

• R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “hwrdd”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies