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Welsh
Etymology
Literally, “bed of death”.
Noun
gwely angau m (plural gwelyau angau)
- deathbed
1878 September 20, “Llanbrynmair ac Achos yr Ysgol”, in Y Celt:O bosibl na bydd i'r camwri, y camliwio, y camesbonio, y camweinyddu, a'r camweith- redu, y bydd hyn, meddwn, yn wrthfachau yn nghydwybodau rhai pan ar eu gwely angeu …- It is possible that the injustice, the misrepresentation, the misinterpretation, the maladministration, and the malpractice, that this, I say, will be adversaries in the consciences of some when on their deathbed…
Mutation
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Further reading
- R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “gwely angau”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies