CYFLWYNWYD YR IET HON GAN ...... THIS GATE WAS PRESENTED BY................... CYFLWYNO- TO PRESENT/ INTRODUCE GIET(GATE) BECOMES 'YR IET 'AFTER THE DEFINITE ARTICLE HON- THIS a number of different words for gate - this being one of them the verse-- 'BLESSED ARE THOSE WHO DIE (in the knowledge ) OF THE LORD ' You have taken the word GWYN to be white - which is correct -but not here - the line follows the pattern of the beatitudes - all verses starting with GWYN EU BYD.......BLESSED ARE...... Hope this helps, HELEN ----- Original Message ----- From: "Chris Evans" <chris@cjse.co.uk> To: <carmarthenshire-fhs@rootsweb.com>; <carmarthenshire@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, March 07, 2010 1:01 PM Subject: [CMN-L] Capel Iwan gravestone inscriptions > Dear CMN FHS, > > Could someone try to translate an inscription on a stone laid into > the wall by the gate to Capel Iwan graveyard just outside Newcastle Emlyn. > We suspect that, being a blacksmith, our ancestor Jonah Evans may have > donated the gates. The inscription reads: "CYFLW YN WYD YLET HON CAN Mr > JONAH EVANS PONTSELY 1910". I have a photo of the inscription which I can > send off list to clarify the lettering as it is not 100% clear and I may > not have the spaces in the correct place. > > In addition, on Jonah's gravestone at Capel Iwan, the phrase "Gwyn eu > byd y meirw y rhai sydd yn marw yn yr Arglwydd" is engraved which roughly > translated (by us!) means "White world of the dead are those who die in > the Lord" which doesn't make a lot of sense. Can someone provide a more > accurate translation. I also have a photo of the gravestone which I can > send to clarify things, however, this is much clearer than the stone > above. > > Many thanks in anticipation. > > Chris Evans > Surrey > http://www.DyfedFreeGen.info > http://www.free-genealogy-online.info > http://www.carmarthenshirefhs.info > Welcome to Carmarthenshire Mailing List......... > > > carmarthenshire@rootsweb.com > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > CARMARTHENSHIRE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without > the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >