An Introduction to Early Welsh - Arthur Pendragon of Wales

49.]
THE PRONOUN. 35
arglwyd, heb ynteu, minneu a allaf dy rydhau ditheu. sef ual y
gallaf "Lord" said he, "/ can free.
thee. This is how I can do it'"
SSef y gwelynt varchawc then they saw a horseman. In a similar
way ef is used by itself, e.g. pan dyuu y thymp idi, ef a dyuu y
hiawnbwyll idi when her time of labour came, then her right senses
came to her.
48. Infixed Pronoun.
Sing.
1. me -m- us -n-
Plur.
2. thee -th- you -ch-
3. him, her, it -S-, -6- them -S-, -e-
REMARKS.
49. (a) The infixed pronoun may be strengthened by putting
the corresponding simple or conjunctive pronoun after the verb,
e.g. a thydi am gwely
i and thou shalt see me, euo ath gud ditheu
he will hide thee.
(b) In the third person -e- is used after the relative particle a,
e.g. mi ae gwelaf I see him, and after the conjunction tra, e.g. trae
llathei pob tri while he slew them by threes BB. 48% mi ae kynhalyaf
hyt trae gallwyf / shall maintain it as long as I can Hg. I, 4 ;
elsewhere -s- is used. After the verbal particle yd-, however, if
the verb begins with a consonant, there is no visible pronoun of
the third person, e.g. y gwelaf / see her RB. 278, 6; a phan i gweles
meibion Collwyn and when the sons of Collwyn saw him MA. 729*;
if the verb begins with a vowel yh appears, e.g. y hanuones sent it
WB. 104, y hedewynt they left them WB. 186; similarly after yny
until, e.g. ny dygaf un i daryan yny hanuono Duw im / shall not
bear any shield till God send it to me Hg. I. 15. After pan when
the infixed pronoun is regularly preceded by y-, e.g. pan yth
wnaethpwyt ti when thou wast made ;
in the third person
it is
pan y(h), e.g. panny harcho udunt when he asks it of them LA. 56.
(c) In early poetry in connexion with ny and ry there are in the
third person special forms, nwy, nyw, rwy, ryw, used when the
verb is relative, e.g. ir nep nuy hatnappo
to one who does not