An Introduction to Early Welsh - Arthur Pendragon of Wales

42.]
THE NUMERALS. 31
xxi.-xcix. In O.W. trimuceint is found for thirty. The
usual reckoning, however, is by multiples of twenty deugein(t)
:
(O.W. douceint) forty, deugeintvet fortieth, trugein(t) sixty,
trugeinvet sixtieth, petwarugein(t) eighty, petwarugeinvet
The intermediate numbers are expressed by addition, e.g.
eightieth.
tin ar hugein(t) twenty-one, dec erydyr ar hugeint thirtyploughs,
detidec brenhin ar hugeint thirty-two kings, deng mlyned
a feugemt fifty years, deudeng mlyned a thrugeint seventytwo
years, petwyryd ar Ugeint twenty-fourth. This reckoning
may extend beyond a hundred, e.g. pedeir gwlat a seith ugeint
one hundred and forty-four countries.
C.-CCiOD. Cant hundred, canvet hundredth. From this the other
hundreds are formed by prefixing the cardinals:
deucant or deugant,trichant,
petwarcant, pumcant, chwechant, seithcant,
wythcant, nawcant. Mil thousand, dwy vi\ = two thousand,
etc. Un vlwydyn ar bymthec ar hugeint a deucant = 236
chwech marchawc a thrugeint a phumcant =5&5
years;
horsemen ; deudeng mlyned a thrugeint ac wythcant = 872
years ; deg mlyned a phetwar ugein a chant a mil = 1190
years, ccioo. myrd myriad.
Syntax
of the Cardinals and Ordinals.
42. (a) After deu, dwy, the singular (i.e. historically the dual
25) form is regularly used ;
but there are exceptions, e.g. deu
ychen two oxen (where, however, the form might be dual), dwy
chwiored two sisters LA. 39, RB. II. 39, dwy burloywduon
hirueinon aeleu two brilliant black long slender eyebrows (by dwy
ael) LA.Q3, deu rudellyon lygeit tworuddyeyes ib., deu perffeithloyw
gochyon rudyeu two perfect brilliant red cheeks ib., deu
nyeint two nephews RB. II. 69, dwy wraged two wives ib. 239
dwy vlyned two years ib. 240. As to the higher numbers the general
rule is that, if there be a plural with internal vowel change ( 27a),
the plural is used, e.g. tri meib three sons, but otherwise the noun is
in the singular, e.g. teir ynys three isla?ids (pi. ynysed), petwar
marchawc four horsemen (pi. marchogyon). There are, however,