Gwyn

Penguins probably acquired their name because of their similar appearance to the now extinctGreat Auk, another flightless bird in the northern hemisphere which wascalled "pen gwyn," meaning "white head," in the Welsh language. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Ac ar ben popeth, du a gwyn yw'r tudalennau mewnol i gyd. ❋ Dyfrig (2008)

“What is the name of this place?” said I. “It is called Ty gwyn,” said the man of the hat. ❋ Unknown (2004)

If they was a-gwyn to freedom in a white man's keer, I wouldn't stop 'em to be cap'n of a man-of-war. ❋ George Alfred Townsend (1877)

"An 'I'm gwyn to sell him, too," the negro muttered, seizing the reins. ❋ George Alfred Townsend (1877)

I can't git no jobs and I run arrands for everybody fur nothin ', but the first money I git I'm gwyn to buy a new hat with. ❋ George Alfred Townsend (1877)

Roxy she come, an 'was gwyn to run away till she saw my flowers, an' she stopped a minute an 'says I:' I jest got 'em for you, ❋ George Alfred Townsend (1877)

I thought Mr. Johnson was gwyn to give me some gold too, so I could buy Roxy, but yer's all he give me. ❋ George Alfred Townsend (1877)

But my master is in debt to Meshach Milburn, an '_he's_ married Miss Vesty, an' we think we're all gwyn to be sold or made to live with that man that wears the bad man's hat. ' ❋ George Alfred Townsend (1877)

John Randolph, dey say, is gwyn to set more dan three hundred free. ❋ George Alfred Townsend (1877)

"Won't that piece _he's_ gwyn to give you buy her?" ❋ George Alfred Townsend (1877)

Now birds ain't gwyn to hop on a man that's a devil, Levin. ❋ George Alfred Townsend (1877)

"Jedge Custis is gwyn to be sold out by Meshach Milburn." ❋ George Alfred Townsend (1877)

One part of the legend may perhaps be explained by the fact that _mêdn_ would be a common corruption in modern Cornish for _mên_, stone, as _pen_ becomes _pedn_, and _gwyn_, _gwydn_, etc., and that the ❋ Unknown (1861)

Cornish _Chiwidden_, _widden_ standing for _gwydn_, which is a corruption of the old Cornish _gwyn_, white. ❋ Unknown (1861)

And the promontory where Llandudno stands is the very centre of this tradition; it is Creuddyn, THE BLOODY CITY, where every stone has its story; there, opposite its decaying rival, Conway Castle, is Diganwy, not decaying but long since utterly decayed, some crumbling foundations on a crag top and nothing more; Diganwy, where Mael-gwyn shut up Elphin, and where Taliesin came to free him. ❋ Matthew Arnold (1855)

Seiriol's isle and priory, where Mael-gwyn lies buried; you have the ❋ Matthew Arnold (1855)

Adar y y llwch gwyn, the birds of the white lake, is a mythological epithet for vultures. ❋ Aneurin (1836)

Ac felly mae gen i ddiddordeb yn y ffordd mae'r stwff gwyn yn cael ei gynhyrchu. ❋ Unknown (2011)