Your handy guide to Eisteddfod words and phrases
Here's a handy list of Welsh words and phrases that you're likely to see and hear around the festival site (Maes) and on this website, with an explanation.
Archdderwydd - Archdruid Beirniaid - Judges - the people you either love or hate Beirniadaeth - Adjudication Cadair/Cadeirio - Chair/Chairing The poet who writes the best poem, following the rules of 'cynghanedd' wins the Chair in a special Chairing ceremony on Friday. (Cynghanedd follows a set of complicated rules, which includes stress, alliteration and rhyme.) Canlyniad(au) - Result(s) Cerdd - Poem Côr - Choir Coron/Coroni - Crown/Crowning The poet who writes the best collection of free verse poems is crowned in a ceremony on Monday Croeso - Welcome Cwpan - Cup / Trophy Cyngerdd - Concert Cystadleuaeth - Competition Dysgwr/Dysgwyr - Welsh learner/s Visit the Shw'mae Su'mae tent on the Maes for events and activities that will help you practice your Welsh language skills Enillydd/Enillwyr - Winner/Winners Y Fedal Ryddiaith - The Prose Medal is awarded on Wednesday Y Gymanfa Ganu - Congregational hymn singing held in the Pafiliwn on Sunday evening Gwobr - Prize Gŵyl/Yr Ŵyl - Festival/the festival Llwyfan - Stage - This is the main stage of the Pafiliwn Maes - The festival site where all the fun happens! Maes B - Hosts a line up of some of Wales's top bands (Wednesday - Saturday) Maes Carafanau - Caravan site Oedfa - The Sunday morning service Yr Orsedd - Gorsedd of Bards Pafiliwn - This is the place where competitions, concerts and ceremonies are held. Rhagbrawf - Preliminaries Preliminary rounds are held before the best three competitors in each event progress to compete for the top prize on the main stage Tocyn - Ticket Ysgoloriaeth - Scholarship Some competitions offer scholarships to the winners to help them hone their craft More news and stories from the National Eisteddfod 2019.