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gofyn – to pose a question/questions, to request; mae g. – needs, requires, has/have to; yn ôl y gofyn – as the need arises; g.-nir – the question is asked; mynd ar ofyn ... – to go cap in hand to ...; mynd ar ofyn ... am gyllid – to approach ... for funds; g. am – to seek gofynion – exigencies gogleisio: g.’r dychymyg – to stimulate/excite the imagination gogleisiol – intriguing gogoniant: dyna ogoniant y peth – that’s the beauty of it gogwydd – orientation, orientated, tendency, trend, inclination; bod â g. i gyfeiriad – to incline towards gogwyddo – to skew gohirio – to defer, to put off; g.-wyd y cyfarfod tan ... – the meeting was held over until ... goleuo – to illuminate, to clarify golwg: i bob g. – seemingly, to seem, outwardly; wrth fwrw g. gyffredinol dros y gwaith gellir dweud – the general impression given by the work is; bwrw g. dros – to peruse, to scrutinise; arddangosfa sy’n bwrw g. yn ôl dros waith ... – a retrospective exhibition of the work of ...; cadw g. ar – to oversee, oversight of; dod i’r g. – to emerge, to appear; ag yr ymddengys ar yr olwg gyntaf – as it first seems; ar yr olwg gyntaf – at first glance, to/for the casual observer, immediate(ly); yr hyn sydd gennym mewn g. – what we have in mind; ar ryw olwg – in a way, in one sense; nid oes gennyf fawr o olwg arnynt – I don’t think much of them, I don’t hold them in high esteem, I have no very high opinion of them; does dim g. ohonyn nhw – there’s no sign of them; mae g. y cythraul/diawl arno/mae g. arswydus/ofnadwy/ddychrynllyd arno – he looks/is looking awful/dreadful/awful/shocking, he is/looks a wreck; gwella g. ardal – to make an area look better golygfa – sight golygfan – viewpoint golygu – to entail, to imply, to involve; mae ... yn g. bod – to be such that; mae hyn yn g. bod rhaid gofyn – this entails/necessitates/leads to asking; ond ni olygai hynny fod ... – that is not to say, however, that ... gollwng – to give up, to discard; g. y gath o’r cwd – to let the cat out of the bag; g. gafael ar – to part with gonest: a bod yn onest – to be frank, frankly gor-: bod yn or-optimistaidd – to be overly/excessively optimistic gorau: ar y g. – at best, at most, at the best of times; g. oll – so much the better; g. oll os – preferably; g. oll os gellir osgoi ... – ... are best avoided; orau y gallant – as best they can; fe wnânt eu g. glas – they will do their utmost/level best/all (that( they can/all in their power /to the best of their abilities, to make every effort, they will pull out all the stops, they will go all out; gwneud y defnydd g. o – to make (the) optimum use of; o’r g. – fine, OK, okay; gwneud y g. o – to make the most of; gobeithio’r g. – to hope for the best; rhoi’r g. i – to stop, to cease, to give up, to drop, to discontinue, to discard, to sever (connections), to forego, to abandon, to pack in, to call it a day, to give it a rest; gyda’r bwriadau g. – with the best of intentions gorbwyslais – undue emphasis gorbwysleisio – to accord ... undue prominence; g. cynnwys dogfen – to sex up a document gorbwyso – to outweigh gorchfygu – to surmount, to overcome gorchmynnol – imperative Gorddinan: Bwlch G. – Crimea Pass gor-ddweud – to exaggerate, to overstate goresgyn – to overcome, to surmount gorfod: yn g. – to be required to, to be forced to; mae g. ateb – the requirement to answer (is) gorfodi – to oblige, to impose, to force; g. rhywun i wneud rhywbeth – to make someone do something gorfodol – obligatory gor-gymhleth – cumbersome gor-hael – unduly generous gorliwio: g. cynnwys dogfen – to sex up a document gorlwytho – to overload, to overburden gormod: g. o – excessively, too great a, undue/unduly, an excessive number/ amount/surfeit of, too many gormodiaith: nid g. yw dweud bod/mai/y ... – it is not too much to say that ..., it is no exaggeration to say that ... goroesi – to persist; wedi g./yn dal i ororesi – to persist goruchafiaeth – predominance goruchwylio – to oversee, to exercise supervision/oversight of gorwahanu – to isolate gorymyrryd – to dominate goslefu – intonation 32
gosod – to set; set (ans.), to pitch; g. amodau – to impose conditions; g. allan – to delineate, to set out; g. disgyblion mewn dosbarthiadau – to allocate pupils to classes; g. seiliau/sylfeini – to lay (down) foundations; eu g. yn eu trefn – to arrange them in order gosodiad – statement gostwng – to diminish, to cut; mae’r ffigur wedi g. – the figure has gone down/fallen/is in decline/is on the decline gostyngiad – decline (in numbers), drop, discount, cut; g. yn y/mewn niferoedd – falling rolls gradd: i’r un g.-au – equally; i raddau – to some extent; i ryw raddau – to a limited extent, to an extent; i raddau helaeth – to a large extent, in large measure, largely, by and large; mae’r un (peth) yn wir i raddau helaeth am – much the same applies to; i ba raddau – how far, how well; i’r g.-au bod – in that, to the point that; ond nid i gymaint g.-au nes – but not to such dimensions that, but not so much that; o’r radd flaenaf – ‘front-line’, first-class, first-rate, of the highest standard/quality, to the highest standard, outstanding graddol – controlled, creeping; oeri’n raddol – to cool down; g. leihau – to scale back graddoli: g. mwy ar – to be more finely graded; cael eu g. – to be incremental graen: yn groes i’r g. – reluctantly, grudgingly; mae g. arnynt – they are well(-)cared(-)for; does dim rhyw lawer o raen ar y rhain – these aren’t in very good nick/condition, these aren’t in particularly wonderful condition; g. ar y mynegiant –well-expressed, polished graenus – good, of a high standard, polished, well-presented, well-wrought, well-composed, well-produced, (high) quality, of quality gresyn: g. bod – it is regrettable that, it is to be regretted that gronyn: (bod) heb ronyn o – to lack ... totally, to be totally lacking in/without any; heb ronyn o amheuaeth – without a shadow of a doubt grwndi: canu g. – to purr grym: dod i rym – to take/have/come into effect, to become operative; mewn g. o ...ymlaen – effective from; bod mewn g. – to be in office grymus – forceful grymuso – to empower; g. arwyddocâd ... – to highlight the significance of ... gwadn: llunio’r wadn fel y bo’r droed – to cut one’s coat according to one’s cloth gwadu: g. bod gan ... – to disclaim ... gwadd: siaradwyr g. – visiting/guest speakers gwae ... – woe betide ...; g. unrhyw blentyn a ... – look out any child who ... gwaelod: ar waelod y ddalen – at the foot of the page; cyrraedd y g.-ion – to reach rock(-)bottom gwaelodi – to become entrenched gwaelodol – basic, underlying; achosion g. – root causes gwaelu – to deteroriate (of health) gwaell: ar y gweill – in course of preparation, in the pipeline/making/offing, in the process of being formulated, (currently) being prepared/ developed, (to be) at the planning stage, under development, (being) planned, in progress/hand, (currently) emerging, coming up; nid oes ... ar y gweill – there are no plans for ... gwaeth: (ni) waeth beth fo – regardless of; (ni) waeth pa mor fach – (on) however small (a scale); mae’r broblem yn waeth mewn/yn – the problem is accentuated in; fydda i ddim g. â gofyn/o ofyn (?) – there’s no harm in (me/my) asking gwaethaf: er g. – despite, in spite of, notwithstanding; rhaid iddynt wneud y gorau o’r g. – they must make/ will have to make the best of a bad job/to cope/manage as best they can gwaethygu – to exacerbate, to deteriorate, to get worse; gwaethygu’r sefyllfa – to aggravate/compound the situation gwag: lleoedd g. – surplus places; siarad g. – pie in the sky gwahân: ar wahân i – except (for), other than, in isolation/aside from gwahanfur: croesi’r g. mawr – to cross the rubicon gwahaniaeth – disparity, discrepancy; does dim g. – it doesn’t matter; g. barn – a division of opinion; mae byd o wahaniaeth rhyngddynt – they are poles apart gwahaniaethu – to distinguish, to differentiate, to make a distinction gwahanlith – offprint gwahanol- differing, divergent (from); yn wahanol i – unlike, in contrast to; yn wahanol iawn i – in marked contrast to, to contrast markedly with; mae hyn yn dra g. i – this is a radical departure from; yn eu g. ysgolion – in their respective schools; nid yw hyn mor wahanol â hynny i/yn rhyw wahanol iawn i ... – this is not too far removed from ... gwahardd – to ban gwahodd: gweithgareddau sy’n g. defnyddio’r medrau/sgiliau hyn – activities which encourage the use of 33
Page 1 and 2: a: a’r canlyniad yw eu bod yn ...
Page 3 and 4: amheus - dubious, questionable, of
Page 5 and 6: arbed: cwpon a. arian - money-off c
Page 7 and 8: laen: o’r radd flaenaf - top flig
Page 9 and 10: ychan: camp nid b. - no mean feat b
Page 11 and 12: calonogi - to boost (some)one’s m
Page 13 and 14: clod: bod yn glod i - to reflect we
Page 15 and 16: crynswth: yn eu c. - as a whole cud
Page 17 and 18: cyfnewid - to switch: yn gyufnewid
Page 19 and 20: cyni - hardship cynifer: c. â - no
Page 21 and 22: da - pleasing, gratifying, sound, d
Page 23 and 24: di-dor - continuous, seamless didos
Page 25 and 26: d. i - to only just miss/avoid; cyn
Page 27 and 28: dwyieithog: yn ddwyieithog - in (a)
Page 29 and 30: enaid: e. hoff cytûn - soulmate; d
Page 31: gallu - competence, capacity, to be
Page 35 and 36: gwellhad - recovery; ar wellhad - i
Page 37 and 38: heddiw - now, in contemporary life,
Page 39 and 40: ife: i. (wir)? - really? ildio - to
Page 41 and 42: llwyddiant: i asesu (hyd a lled) eu
Page 43 and 44: melltith - scourge mennu: nid yw’
Page 45 and 46: nodedig - prestigious; enghraifft n
Page 47 and 48: pellhau - to drift apaprt, to move
Page 49 and 50: posibiliadau - potensial posibl - a
Page 51 and 52: which, on the issue of; y rh. fwyaf
Page 53 and 54: seinegol - phonic selog: s.-ion - s
Page 55 and 56: tan - pending tân: bod ar dân eis
Page 57 and 58: tristwch: gyda thristwch - with reg
Page 59 and 60: uno - to fuse unodi - to identify u
Page 61 and 62: ymhen: y. amser - in time, eventual

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