Dedh Seytek

De Meurh, seytegves mis Jenwar

Tuesday, 17th January

Derag terry an jedh, my a dhifünas drefen bos omdhegyans an kei nebes coynt. Oll an bes ew gwydn. A nag eus gweles ergh gans an kei kens lebmyn? Eus blas nowydh? Nag eus gwens, etho ma whath ergh war neujednow tredan ha gwedh hir. Gwydn ha glan ew an ergh bes, en-dadn an ergh, thew an dor gleb, leyjek ha plosek. Bedn an ergh thew pub tra plos. En hav, teg ew an vos cüdhys gen liken rüdhvelyn ha kewny glas. Lebmyn hager ew hei. E vedh othom dhen a bayntya an yet gwydn arta, en sür.  

Before daybreak, I woke up because the dog's behaviour was rather odd. All the world is white. Hasn't the dog seen snow before now? Is there a new smell? There is no wind, so there is still snow on electricity wires and tall trees. The snow is white and pristine but, underneath the snow, the ground is wet, muddy and dirty. Against the snow everything is dirty. In summer, the wall covered in orange lichen and green moss is pretty. Now it is ugly. We will certainly need to paint the white gate again.

Gerva rag hedhyw: Vocabulary for today

blas (m) smell (often a bad one)

coynt odd, strange, peculiar

difüna ~ divüna to wake up

kewny (coll) moss, lichen, liverworts, algae

leyjek muddy, slimy

liken (scientific name) lichen

neus (coll) wires, threads > neujen> neujednow

omdhegyans (m) behaviour

payntya to paint

plos ~ plosek dirty

terry an jedh (m) daybreak, dawn

yet (m) gate