hwyl.
sail
Meaning & usage
sail
Lledwch yr hwyliau!
mood
Dyw hi ddim mewn hwyliau da heddiw.
journey, route, progress, success
Sut hwyl gest ti?
Pob hwyl i chi!
fun
Mae'n un sy'n llawn hwyl.
fervour, ecstatic inspiration, especially as exhibited by Nonconformist preachers
Mae'r pregethwr yn yr hwyl.
Where this word comes from
From Middle Welsh hwyl, from Old Welsh huil, from Old English seġl or Old Norse segl, both from Proto-Germanic *seglą (“sail”). Other meanings apparently derive from this, via the sense of successful progress, perhaps influenced by gŵyl (“holiday, feast”). Cognate with Breton gouel (“sail; feast”).
goodbye, bye, bye-bye
Hwyl, bawb!
Where this word comes from
From Middle Welsh hwyl, from Old Welsh huil, from Old English seġl or Old Norse segl, both from Proto-Germanic *seglą (“sail”). Other meanings apparently derive from this, via the sense of successful progress, perhaps influenced by gŵyl (“holiday, feast”). Cognate with Breton gouel (“sail; feast”).
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