annwyd.
cold (illness)
Meaning & usage
cold (illness)
Mae annwyd arna i.
coldness, chill
Where this word comes from
From an- (“un-, not”) + an unattested *wyd (“heat, passion”), the latter component from Proto-Indo-European *weh₂t- (“excited, raging”), literally "not heated or passionate". Compare Sanskrit वात (vāta, “assailed”). An earlier theory by Emile Ernault suggested a compound of an- (“intensive prefix, in-”) + gwynt (“wind”), literally “wind on”, comparing to Sanskrit वात (vāta, “wind”); however, a rhyme in the Gwasgargerdd Fyrddin yn y Bedd (The Diffused Song of Merlin in the Grave) suggests that *anwoed was the original form of the term, making Ernault's etymology less conceivable, and leading to the first etymology given above. Cognate with Middle Cornish anwos, anwys, Middle Breton anuoet, anoued.
nature, disposition
Where this word comes from
From Middle Welsh annwyt.
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