Or clywy Siaspat dos torthi, a diaspat gwreic annat diaspat o'r byt B.M. 195 'if thou hearest a cry go towards it, and a woman's cry before [any] cry in the world'; W.M. 120 has anat, but other nn's are simplified in the same col. ; heb ymgyfarvot ac ef yn annat neb s.G. 34 * without meeting him of all men ', lit. ' rather than anybody ' ; cf. s.G. 142 ; yn anad neb D.G. 35, 107 ; Mor llygredig oedd ei wedd yn anad neb, a'i bryd yn anad meibion dynion Es. lii 14. It is also used adverbially : ac yn annat llawen oe8 Arthur S.G. 10 'and A. was especially glad '.
annat < *anta-tos an adv. formed from *anta ' before ' : Goth. anda-, Gk. avra, a doublet of *anti : Gk. dvri, Lat. ante.
ix. myn [rad.] ' by ' (in oaths) ; in N. W. sounded m$nn ; Ml. W. mynn, myn.
myn Haw vyghyveillt W.M. 458 ' by the hand of my friend ' ; so B.M. 105, mynn II. etc. do. 170 ; myn vy fy8 C.M. 57 ' by my faith '; myn Duw B.M. 115, myn Ztyw W.M. 473 'by God'; myn fenaid D.E. c 49/15 B. ' by my soul ' ; myn einioes Pharaoh Gen. xlii 15.
Nid oes ym, myn Duw, & o swydd * Printed dyn.
Ond olrhain anwadalrhwydd. D.G. 33. ' I have, by God, no task but studying fickleness.' Cf. W.M.L. 41.
mynn : Gael, mionn ' oath ', Ir. mind ' oath ' : Vmendh- extension of Vmen- 'thought'; cf. W. adduned 'vow' < *ad-moni- 100 v. Macbain connects Ir. mind ' oath ' with Ir. mind ' holy relic ' and this, with less probability, with Ir. mind ' diadem ', O.W. minn gl. sertum (: Lat. monile, see Walde s.v.).
x. ym [rad.] 'by' (in oaths).
Gwell ym ym Padricf B.P. 1277 ' It is better for me, by Patrick ! ' Ym Sant Grigorf L.G.C. 183 'by Saint Gregory!'; ym Beunol O.G1. M 146/188 ; ym lesu! T.A., G. 229.
The origin of the word is obscure (? ym ' to my ').
215. Nominal Prepositions. i. Some of the above pre- positions are of substantival or adjectival origin. Others are from adjectives :
(i) cyn (cyn) [rad.] ' before ', in time : kin lleith B.B. 22 ' before death ', kin myned do. 30 ' before going ', kin brand do. 41 ' before the judgement '. In Ml. W. it is followed by no ' than ' before pronouns pers. and demonst., and thus remains an ,adv. : kyn noc ef W.M. 178 'before him', kynn no hynny do. II
- before that '. In Mn. W. it is no longer used before pers.
pronouns, and has become a prep, before demonstratives : cyn Jiynny ' before that '. It is in common use before nouns.
