now I'm trying to parse out "riuaf" - if it's "rivaf" then modern Welsh is "rifaff" or "rhyfaff" maybe hrm
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Replying to @NeolithicSheep @AdmiralHip
although the "rhyfedd" I stole for my display name is "mysterious, uncanny, strange" - prob related to riuaf
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Replying to @NeolithicSheep @civilwarbore
might be yeah. hey btw, when I search "riuaf" I get "riuaf y eillyon." Is it possible it's eillyon instead?
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Replying to @AdmiralHip
yes! My phone doesn't want to display special characters, I'm working off http://www.maryjones.us/ctexts/h23w.html … and it shows up w a box
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Replying to @NeolithicSheep @civilwarbore
so apparently it's related to the word eillio which means shave, because slaves were shaven? IDK I found a jstor article.
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Replying to @AdmiralHip @civilwarbore
seems like a disputed etymology, but yeah it means slaves.
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Replying to @AdmiralHip @civilwarbore
also paleography is totally my jam, glad i can use it haha.
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Replying to @AdmiralHip
I suspect I'd do better if I weren't on my phone. Hard for me to see skinny diagonals so it looks like a lot of i, j, and I.
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yeah I understand, honestly I have a hard time with them just on my laptop sometimes.
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