# llamhidydd
## Welsh
### Etymology

From llamu (“to leap”) +‎ -idydd.

### Pronunciation

* (North Wales) IPA: /ɬamˈhɪdɨ̞ð/
* (South Wales) IPA: /ɬamˈhiːdɪð/, /ɬamˈhɪdɪð/

### Noun

llamhidydd m (plural llamidyddion)
* porpoise
    Synonyms: llambedyddiol, môr-hwch, morwch
* (obsolete) dancer
    Synonym: dawnsiwr
* (obsolete) leaper, jumper
    Synonyms: llamwr, neidiwr

#### Quotations

* circa 1436: Rhys Goch Eryri (Iolo Goch), [cywydd]; reprinted in:
* 2007: Sally Harper, Music in Welsh Culture Before 1650: A Study of the Principal Sources, page 11 (Ashgate Publishing; →ISBN — spelling modernised in the reprint
    Pob crythor ddihepgor ddyn Dilys a phob cerdd delyn; Pob trwmpls propr hirgorn copr cau, Pob sôn pobl, pob sŵn pibau; Pob hudol, anfoddol fydd, Llwm hadl, a phob llamhidydd; pob ffidler law draw y dring, Pob swtr tabwrdd, pob sawtring.Every crwth player – indispensable, faultless man – and every tune of the harp; every seemly trumpet with its long, hollow, copper horn, every chatter from people, every sound from pipes; every conjurer – unseemly he is – and every tumbler; every fiddler’s hand climbs up yonder, every adversary with a drum, every psaltery.
* circa 1564–1634: Tomas Prys of Plasiolyn, Y Llamhidydd; reprinted in:
* 2008: Arthur Hughes, Cywyddau Cymru, pages 179–180 (BiblioBazaar, LLC; →ISBN — spelling modernised in the reprint
    Y llamhidydd llym hoywdeg, Yn llamu’n frau y tonnau teg, Llawen ydwyd lle nodir, Llon ym mrig ton ym mro tir; Ffrom olwg, ffriw ymyloer, A phryd arth yn y ffrwd oer. Twrch heli taer uchelwaith, Treigla’r môr, tro eglur maith; Drwy yr haf, pan dry yr hin, Doi i rocio ymlaen drycin.(please add an English translation of this quotation)
* 1728–1765: [One of the four sons of Morris ap Rhisiart Morris], [letter]; reprinted in:
* 1907: John Humphreys (editor), The letters of Lewis, Richard, William and John Morris of Anglesey (Morrisiaid Môn), 1728–1765, volume 1, page 493 (self-published; printed by Fox, Jones)
    […] tonnau, ac yn marchogaeth ar gefn llamhidyddion, ag yn ymgomio a’r môr forwynion ar rheini yn ei berchi ag yn ysgwyd eu cynffonau arno, yno mi ddeallais mai rhyw wr santaidd ydoedd, ag o dippyn i dippyn wrth fy addfwynder mi ymlithrais iw gymdeithas ef, […](please add an English translation of this quotation)
* 1898: Iolo Goch and Charles Ashton (editor), Gweithiau Iolo Goch: gyda nodiadau hanesyddol a beiriadol, page 513 (Honourable Society of Cymmrodorion (London, England); printed by W. Minshall & co.)
    Gofyna, Pa beth wyd — ai herod, ai hudol, ai llamhidydd, ai bro Adda, ai breuddwyd, ai brwydr oer, ai bradwr, ai gau-dduw, ai paintiwr ?(please add an English translation of this quotation)

### Mutation

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh. All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

### References

* ↑ R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “llamhidydd”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
* 1 2 Y Geiriadur Newydd : The New Welsh Dictionary by Harold Meurig Evans and William Owen Thomas (5th Ed.; 1964; Llyfrau’r Dryw (C. Davies)), page 410
* ↑ An English and Welsh dictionary by John Walters (3rd Ed.; 1828), page 322