a mutual want Cyfeisteddiad, a jointly sitting Cyfeithrin, v. to nurse together Cyfelin, n. a cubit, a measure of 18 inches Cyfelinaid, n. a cubit length Cyfenw, n. a surname Cyfenwi, v. to give a surname Cyfer, n. opposite situation Cyferbyn, a. opposite, fronting Cyferbyniad, n. contraposition Cyferbynied, v. to counteract Cyferbynu, v. to set in opposition, to contrast; to counteract Cyferbynwr, n. contraster Cyfergyd, n. a concussion Cyferlyn, v. to pursue together Cyferthiad, n. sanctification Cyferwenu, v. to flatter Cyferyd, n. opposite place Cyfhogi, v. to sharpen together Cyfiach, n. etymology Cyfiachydd, n. etymologist Cyfiachyddol, a. etymological Cyfiaith, n. vernacular speech: a. of the same language Cyfiaw, v. to make equable Cyfiawn, a. just, righteous Cyfiawnder, n. justice, equity Cyfiawnedd, n. justness Cyfiawnhâd, n. justification Cyfiawnhâu, v. to justify Cyfiawniad, n. a rectifying Cyfieithiad, n. translation Cyfieithu, v. to translate Cyfleithydd, n. a translator Cyfieuo, v. to conjugate Cyflng, a. distressed; restricted Cyfladd, v. to coincide, to match Cyflaeth, n. a confection a mixture Cyflafan, n. a massacre Cyflafanu, v. to murder Cyflafar, a. mutually speaking Cyflafaredd, n. a parley Cyflafaru, v. to parley, to confer Cyflaid, u. the arms full Cyflam, a. regular Cyflanw, n. a complement Cyflawn, a. complete, full Cyflawnder, n. completeness Cyflawni, v. to complete, to fulfil Cyfle, n. opportunity, place Cyfleâad, n. collocation Cyfleâu, v. to collocate Cyfled, a. of equal breadth Cyfledu, v. to co-extend Cyflef, a. of united voice Cyflegr, n. a gun, a cannon Cyflegriad, n. a firing; a gun Cyflegru, v. to fire a gun Cyflenwad, n. a repletion Cyflenwi, v. to fulfil, to replenish Cyfles, n. mutual benifit Cyfleu, v. to collocate; to deposit Cyfleus, a. convenient, suitable Cyfleusdra, n. convenience Cyflewyrch, n. equable light Cyflino, v. to contort Cyfliwio, v. to tint alike Cyflo, a. big with calf Cyfloca, v. to take hire Cyflochi, v. to harbour equally Coflog, n. salary, wages Cyflogedig, a. that is hired Cyflogi, v. to hire, to bind Cyflogiad, n. a hiring Cyflogwas, n. hired servant Cyflun, a. of the same form Cyflunedd, n. equiformity Cyfluniad, n. conformation Cyfluniaeth, n. ratio of food Cyflunio, v. to configure; to model, to organize, to construct Cyflwngc, n. an abstinence Cyflwng, a. swallowing up Cyflwr, n. condition, state, disposition, temper; property Cyflwyniad, n. presentation Cyflwyno, v. to send; to address; to dedicate; to present Cyflym, a. nimble, keen Cyflymder, n. quickness Cyflymiad, n. acceleration Cyflymu, v. to accelerate Cyflyn, a. mutually adhering Cyflyniad, n. cohesion Cyflys, a. courtly, courtlike Cyfnai, n. a third cousin Cyfnaid, a. of mutual loan Cyfnaith, n. pledge Cyfnaws, n. a common nature; of the same quality Cyfneithio, v. to betrothe Cyfnerth, n. support, firmness Cyfnerthedigion, n. restoratives Cyfnerthedd, n. compactness Cyfnerthi, n. steadiness Cyfnerthiad, n. confirmation Cyfnerthu, v. to strengthen Cyfnesaf, next, nearest in place Cyfnesafedd, n. contiguity Cyfnesafiad, n. a next of kin Cyfnesâu, v. to approximate Cyfnesiad, n. approximation Cyfnesu, v. to approxiate Cyfnewid, n. commerce, barter Cyfnewid, v. to exchange Cyfnewidiad, n. alteration Cyfnewidiaeth, n. exchange Cyfnewidio, v. to commutate Cyfnewidiog, a. alternate Cyfnewidiol, a. changeable Cyfnewidioldeb, n. commutability Cyfnewidiwr, n. a chapman Cyfnifer, n. an even number Cyfnither, n. a female cousin Cyfnod, n. season Cyfnodol, a. periodical Cyfnodiad, n. connotation Cyfnodiedydd, n. commentator Cyfnos, n. evening twilight Cyfnosi, v. to become night Cyfnyddu, v. to twine together Cyfochr, a. parallel Cyfochredd, n. a paralellism Cyfochrog, a. collaterral Cyfod, n. a tarrying: v. arise, get up Cyfodi, v. to rise, to get up Cyfodiad, n. a rising up Cyfoed, a. coetaneous, coeval Cyfoedydd, n. a contemporary Cyfoen, a. big with lamb Cyfoes, a. coetaneous, coeval Cyfoesi, v. to contemporise Cyfoeth, n. opulence, wealth Cyfoethog, a. opulent, rich Cyfoethogi, v. to enrich, to grow rich Cyfog, n. a vomit, an emetic Cyfogi, v. to vomit, to cast up Cyfogiad, n. a vomiting Cyfoglyn, n. an emetic Cyfogwydd, n. convergency Cyfoli, v. to praise together Cyfoll, a. integral; complete Cyfongl, n. a right angle: a. of even angles Cyfor, n. a confine, a border: a. even with the edge Cyforio, v. to fill up Cyfosod, v. to place together Cyfosodiad, n. a synthesis Cyfrad, a conspiracy Cyfraid, n. competency, needful possession Cyfraith, n. mutual right; law, judicial process Cyfran, n. portion, share, rate Cyfranai, n. a participle Cyfrandal, n. an instalment Cyfranedigol, a. contributive Cyfraniad, n. contribution Cyfranog, a. participant Cyfranogi, v. to participate Cyfranol, a participating Cyfranu, v. to conlribute; to impart; to partake Cyfrangu, v. to come in contact, to meet together Cyfrben, a. complete, perfect Cyfrdal, n. equivalence, value Cyfreidiol, a. necessary Cyfreithgar, a. litigious; quarrelsome Cyfreithiad, n. litigation Cyfreithio, v. to litigate; to go to law Cyfreithiol, a. legal, lawful Cyfreithiwr, n. a lawyer, attorney; a litigant Cyfreithlon, a. lawful Cyfreithlondeb, n. legality Cyfreithloni, v. to legalize Cyfrenin, a. mutually sharing Cyfres, n. a contecture Cyfrestru, v. to interweave Cyfrgoll, n. perdition, loss Cyfrgolli, v. to lose utterly Cyfrgolledig, a. being lost Cyfrif, n. account, reckoning: v. to count, to reckon Cyfrifadwy, a. accountable Cyfrifedig, a. being reckoned or esteemed Cyfrifiad, n. a counting Cyfrifol, a. accounted; reputed Cyfrin, a. privy; conscious Cyfrinach, n. a secret Cyfrinachu, v. to talk secrets Cyfriniad, n. a making mystic Cyfriniaeth, n. a mystery Cyfrinio, v. to mysterize Cyfriniol, a. mysterious Cyfrodedd, n. concurrent state: a. combined, twisted together Cyfrodeddiad, n. a twining Cyfrodeddu, v. to twine together Cyfrodol, a. concurrent Cyfroddiad, n. contribution Cyfrugliad, n. confrication Cyfrwch, n. a conjunction Cyfrwng, n. an interval: prep. — from A Pocket Dictionary: Welsh-English by William Richards
These Men are so well acquainted with the unamiable Part of themselves, that they have not the Confidence to think they are really beloved; and are so distrustful of their own Merits, that all Fondness towards them puts them out of Countenance, and looks like a Jest upon their Persons. — from The Spectator, Volume 1
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Each of these shades carried a little lantern and moved it about, above, below and all around, as though looking for something or somebody. — from The Phantom of the Opera by Gaston Leroux
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Thence home, and thither comes Mr. Houblon and a brother, with whom I evened for the charter parties of their ships for Tangier, and paid them the third advance on their freight to full satisfaction, and so, they being gone, comes Creed and with him till past one in the morning, evening his accounts till my head aked and I was fit for nothing, however, coming at last luckily to see through and settle all to my mind, it did please me mightily, and so with my mind at rest to bed, and he with me and hard to sleep. — from The Diary of Samuel Pepys — Complete by Samuel Pepys
The sunshine faded out of Debby's face, and there was a touch of bitterness in her tone, as she glanced at the circle of fashion-plates, saying, with an earnestness which caused Miss West to open her pale eyes to their widest extent,— "Aunt Pen, don't freeze me yet,—don't take away my faith in simple things, but let me be a child a little longer,—let me play and sing and keep my spirit blithe among the dandelions and the robins while I can; for trouble comes soon enough, and all my life will be the richer and the better for a happy youth." — from The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 12, No. 70, August, 1863
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(By the way, Master Osborne, you came a little late this morning, and have been a defaulter in this respect more than once.) — from Vanity Fair by William Makepeace Thackeray
When Claud at last learned, not the truth, but that some of her lovers were conspiring to get rid of him, he was not indignant; he was frightened. — from Imperial Purple by Edgar Saltus
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