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a belonging to a path Llwybrwr
towards: ad. towards, straightway Llws, n. that shoots off; slime Llwst, n. that parts off; a tail Llwt, n. that is ejected Llwtrach, n. slimy matter Llwth, n. glibness; a gulp; greed; a. glib, slippery; greedy Llwy, n. a spoon; a spattle Llwyaid, n. a spoonful Llwyar, n. a spoon, a shovel Llwyaraid, n. a shovelful Llwyarn, n. a spattle, a trowel Llwyaru, v. to spoon Llwybr, n. a path or track Llwybraidd, a. serving as a path Llwybredd, n. passableness Llwybreiddiaw, v. to make passable; to forward Llwybraid, n. a making a path Llwybro, v. to go a course Llwybrol, a. belonging to a path Llwybrwr, n. a wayfaring man Llwyd, n. grey Llwyd-ddu, n. a raven grey: a. of a greyish black Llwydedd, n. greyness, mouldiness Llwydgoch, n. a russet colour Llwydlas, n. a greyish blue Llwydlasu, v. to become of a greyish blue Llwydlys, n. mugwort Llwydni, n. greyness; mouldiness Llwydo, v. to turn grey; to turn mouldy Llwydrew, n. a hoarfrost Llwydrewi, v. to cast a hoar Llwydwyn, n. a drab colour Llwyddiant, n. success Llwyddiannol,
— from A Pocket Dictionary: Welsh-English by William Richards

any barriers to any particular language
If there are currently any barriers to any particular language being on the Web, they won't last long.
— from Entretiens / Interviews / Entrevistas by Marie Lebert

and beautiful tender and pure like
He had struck the right note, and from the din and clamour of the nursery, and the fumes and smell of the kitchen, a song arose, clear and beautiful, tender and pure, like first love.
— from Married by August Strindberg

ago but twas a pretty little
We ought to have been there long ago, but ’twas a pretty little frisk, and we just couldn’t make up our minds to leave.
— from Peggy Owen, Patriot: A Story for Girls by Lucy Foster Madison

and belonging to a period later
We now return to some remains, possessing considerable antiquarian interest, in our neighbourhood, within easy reach for the visitor to Woodhall Spa, and belonging to a period later than that of the Briton, or Roman, or even the Saxon and the Dane; when, as the poet says:— Another language spread from coast to coast, Only perchance some melancholy stream, Or some indignant hills old names preserve, When laws, and creeds, and people, all are lost.
— from Records of Woodhall Spa and Neighbourhood Historical, Anecdotal, Physiographical, and Archaeological, with Other Matter by James Conway Walter

any barriers to any particular language
If there are currently any barriers to any particular language being on the web, they won't last long.
— from The Internet and Languages [around the year 2000] by Marie Lebert

and breed there also partridges like
They fly up into the trees and breed there; also partridges, like those of Castille, or of another kind very like them.
— from The Voyages of Pedro Fernandez de Quiros, 1595 to 1606. Volume 1 by Pedro Fernandes de Queirós

a brave though a proud look
I happened to remark, for in sooth it must be so owned, that the Viscount had a brave though a proud look, and that his voice had the manliness of one ordained to command.
— from Ringan Gilhaize, or, The Covenanters by John Galt

ass brays that a punt leaks
Still, the attentive reader will, in all probability, gather from it that an ass brays, that a punt leaks, that a school-boy’s pets are mortal, and that gunpowder is liable to explode when fire is applied to it.
— from A Blundering Boy: A Humorous Story by Bruce Weston Munro

accusers before the Athenian people laid
The contemporaries of Socrates, who came forward as his accusers before the Athenian people, laid hold on him as the man who made known that what was held as absolute was not absolute.
— from Hegel's Lectures on the History of Philosophy: Volume 1 (of 3) by Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel


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