Berwig ar Dwid

Welsh

Alternative forms

Berwig ar Twid (avoiding mutation in a foreign name)
Berwig ar Duedd (using the native name for the river)

Etymology

Learned borrowing from English Berwick-upon-Tweed. The simplex Berwig was probably inherited from an ordinary borrowing into Middle Welsh or earlier.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈbɛrwɪɡ ar ˈdwiːd/

Proper noun

Berwig ar Dwid m

(obsolete) Berwick-upon-Tweed
Synonym: Caerferwig
- 1747, Church of England, Ffurf gweddi, i'w harfer ym mhob eglwys a chapel trwy'r rhan honno o Brydain Fawr a elwir Lloegr, Tywysogaeth Cymru, a thref Berwig ar Dwid, ar ddydd Merchur, y deufed dydd ar bymtheg o Chwefror nesaf: yr hwn yw'r diwrnod a ordeiniwyd trwy gyhoeddiad i fod yn ympryd a darostyngiad cyffredinol yng ngwydd yr Hollalluog Dduw, ac i'w gadw yn y modd mwyaf defosiynol ac arbennig, trwy ddyrchafu ein gweddiau a'n hymbiliau at y Dwywol Fawredd: er cael o honom faddeuant o'n pechodau, a throi heibio y barnedigaethau trymmion a ddarfu i ni, o achos ein hamrywjol gynhyrfiadau, o wîr gyfiawnder eu haeddu ; ac i erfyn am ei fendith a'i gymmorth ar arfau Ei Fawrhydi, ac am adferu a hir-barhâu tangnefedd, diogelwch, a llwyddiant iddo ei hunan, ac i'w deyrnasoedd ef: trwy orchymmyn pendant Ei Fawrhydi [A form of prayer, to be practiced in every church and chapel throughout that part of Great Britain called England, the Principality of Wales, and the town of Berwick-upon-Tweed, on Wednesday, the seventeenth day of February next: which is the day ordained by proclamation to be a general fast and humiliation in the presence of Almighty God, and to be kept in the most devout and special way, by raising our prayers and supplications to the Divine Majesty: to obtain from us forgiveness from our sins, and turn past the heavy judgments that have happened to us, because of our various agitations, from the true justice of deserving them; and to beg for his blessing and help on His Majesty's arms, and for the restoration and long-lasting peace, security, and success for himself, and for his kingdoms: by His Majesty's definite command], Tomas Basged:

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
Berwig ar Dwid	Ferwig ar Dwid	Merwig ar Dwid	unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.