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§ I90.] THE PREPOSITION. 115
ears of Twrch Tnvyth ; pany bei ammot yrof am gwlat
amdanunt if there were not a covenant between me and my land about
them ; rwng dieter a Hit taraw ym plith y llygot a wnaeth between
rage and anger he struck among the mice ; dywedut y ryngthunt
ehunein y maent they are saying among themselves ; rwg deu
ona.á\ixú. between t7V0 of them 'R.^. II. 141; y kerdwys y ryngtaw
a Ruuein he set out to Rome RB. 85, cf. ib. 1 2, 24.
odyrwng from between, e.g. a ducpwyt yn teirnossic odyrwng
y vam ar paret who when three nights old was taken from betiveen
his mother and the wall RB. i 29, 10.
188. tan, dan, ydan, adan (cf. O.W. guotan) under, e.g.
ifynnawn a welwn dan y prenn / saiu a fountain under the tree ;
y clywei dygyuor . . . y dan( = dan WB. 92 = adan RB. 66) baret
yr ystauell he heard a commotion under a wall of the chamber RB.
67, 15; gobennyd dan penn y elin a cushion under his elbozv;
dan wynt a glaw tmder wind and rain ; y ellwng y gwn dan y
COet to let loose his dogs in the wood RB. i, 10; awn adanunt
( = ydanunt RB. 48) a lladwn let us attack and slay them WB.
67 ; yny uyd y llygot yn gwan adan y gTOft until the mice were
falliiig upon the field RB. 53, 27, cf. RB. 28, 29; dyuot a wnaeth
Corineus at Locrinus dan dreiglaw bwyell Corineus catne to
Locrinus brandishing an axe.
189. trag, tra beyond, across, e.g. ton tra thon toid tu tir wave
beyond ivave covers the side of the land BB. 45* ; ac eigyl racdaw
draw dra thonneu and angels before him yonder across the ivaves
MA. 196''; maith dy dreisiau drag Euas great are thy deeds oj
violence across Evas MA. 145''; oes trag oes age beyond age FB.
230; tra messur beyond measure FB. 155 ; rybud drae gilyd =
quotidianos rumor es RB. II. 131.
Note. — Often in the phrase drachefyn hack, by which there are also
forms with possessive adjectives, e.g. tra-m-kefyn WB. 232 = drachefen
RB. 169, 16, tra-th-gefyn WB. 124 = drachefyn RB. 198, 25, dra-e-gefyn
CM. 73, dra-e-chefyn RB. 177, 12, dra-e-kefyn CM. 45, also forms like
drach eu kevyn Hy. I. 301.
190. trus, tros, dros across, e.g. trus ir minid across the