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Ailgylchu -poem
AS level poem by Grahame Davies - vocabulary work
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| yn ddefod | a ritual / habit |
| teithio lan | to travel up |
| papurach | bumph / useless bits of paper |
| tywallt | to pour |
| costrelau neilltuol | specific pitchers |
| yn porthi | feeding |
| rhyw beiriant | some machine |
| gwastraff | waste |
| gwledd | feast |
| fy nghydwybod | my conscience |
| mewn gwirionedd | in reality |
| buddsoddi | invest |
| fy nhawelwch meddwl | my peace of mind |
| llwytho | to load |
| gloddest | feast |
| a gludwyd | which was transported |
| Blaenau'r Cymoedd | Heads of the Valleys |
| pedwar ban | four corners |
| â'r peiriant | with the machine |
| yn blingo | skinning |
| storfeydd | stores |
| dw i'n amau wir | I doubt really |
| dw i'n casglu | I collect |
| degwm o'r teilchion | a tenth of the bits |
| i'w hoffrymu | to be offered |
| ai dim ond | it it just |
| olwynion dur | steel wheels |
| am ddegawd arall | for another decade |
| ar y bryniau | on the hills |
| uwchben y cwm | above the valley |
| llafnau | blades |
| melinau gwynt | windmills |
| yn troelli / yn troi | turning |
| pladuro | scything |
| prydferthwch | beauty |
| cyfalaf | capitalism |
| cloddio | digging |
| awyr | sky |
| gwaedwyd | was bled |
| am elw | for profit |
| estron | strange / foreign |
| yn lle | instead of |
| cynilo | to save |
| carthion | faeces / dregs |
| rheitiach | it would be better |
| afradu | to squander |
| pob adnodd | every resource |
| eu llosgi nhw | burn them |
| eu claddu nhw | bury them |
| yn llawen | merrily |
| yn galonnog | heartily/cheerily |
| nes | until |
| newynu | to starve (famine) |
| gwenwynwr | poisoner |
| llwgu | to starve (hunger) |
| cynnydd | progress |
| rhygnu | to grate |
| rhydu | to rust |
| rhewi | to freeze |
| ynghynt | before / sooner |
| llonyddwch | stillness |
| ail-ymledu | respread |
| o'i amgylch | about it / him |
| yr hyn a wnaf | what I do |
| ba obaith ynfyd | which futile hope |
| dwn i ddim | I dunno |
| gweddillion | remains |
| fy ngormodedd | my excess |
| yn ufudd | obediently |
| yn gybyddlyd | miserly / meanly |
| cyhoeddus | public / publicly |
| rhod y rheibiwr | the predator's wheel |
Created by:
Sian Jones
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