Gareth/David - Sometimes it is spelled Ty-Obry and sometimes Ty Obrey. It has something to do with rock formations in Northern Wales, I think. I just Googled the phrase and found it in a journal of the Geological Society of London: ".. Slates at Ty Obrey, and under the above near Arenig..." I tried searching Arenig, but didn't find much. I was wondering if they were referring to a farm, home, or location, and if so, where it might be located. I didn't know the meaning of Obry. Thank you, Gareth. Maybe a house down under/beneath something? Lynne in Tucson ----- Original Message ----- From: "Gareth" <tirbach@clara.co.uk> To: <dyfed@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, June 29, 2009 2:01 PM Subject: Re: [Dyfed] Ty Obrey > Hi Lynne > I wonder if it is a corruption of Ty Obry, with obry meaning 'down, below > or > beneath' ? > > Gareth > Genuki Wales http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/wal/ > Help Page http://home.clara.net/tirbach/hicks.html > Cwmgors/Waun http://www.tytwp.plus.com/Waun/Waun.html > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Lynne Ingalls" <Lynne.Ingalls@comcast.net> > To: <dyfed@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Monday, June 29, 2009 9:07 PM > Subject: [Dyfed] Ty Obrey > > >> Readers - can a Welsh speaker tell me the meaning of Ty Obrey? I know >> that Ty means house, but what could Ty Obrey signify? On Google, I find >> it in reference to a classification of rocks in Northern Wales. Could it >> be referring to an area (location), or a house, or something all together >> different? Is anyone familiar? >> >> Best, Lynne in Tucson > > > > ================================ > Dyfed list http://home.clara.net/daibevan/DyfedML.html > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > DYFED-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 8.5.375 / Virus Database: 270.12.94/2208 - Release Date: 06/29/09 05:54:00
I think Gareth is right -- It probably is correctly 'obry' and 'Tŷ Obry' is simply 'the lower house' or 'the house beneath', like you find 'Tŷ Uchaf' and Tŷ Isaf'. I suspect that the rock reference is to rock formations named AFTER where Tŷ Obry happens to be. The Arenigs are mountains in Snowdonia, I seem to remember. (There is an Arenig Fawr and an Arenig Fach.) David Canberra On 30/06/2009, at 8:22, Lynne Ingalls wrote: > Gareth/David - Sometimes it is spelled Ty-Obry and sometimes Ty > Obrey. It > has something to do with rock formations in Northern Wales, I > think. I just > Googled the phrase and found it in a journal of the Geological > Society of > London: ".. Slates at Ty Obrey, and under the above near Arenig..." > I tried > searching Arenig, but didn't find much. > > I was wondering if they were referring to a farm, home, or location, > and if > so, where it might be located. I didn't know the meaning of Obry. > Thank > you, Gareth. Maybe a house down under/beneath something? > > Lynne in Tucson > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Gareth" <tirbach@clara.co.uk> > To: <dyfed@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Monday, June 29, 2009 2:01 PM > Subject: Re: [Dyfed] Ty Obrey > > >> Hi Lynne >> I wonder if it is a corruption of Ty Obry, with obry meaning 'down, >> below >> or >> beneath' ? >> >> Gareth >> Genuki Wales http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/wal/ >> Help Page http://home.clara.net/tirbach/hicks.html >> Cwmgors/Waun http://www.tytwp.plus.com/Waun/Waun.html >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Lynne Ingalls" <Lynne.Ingalls@comcast.net> >> To: <dyfed@rootsweb.com> >> Sent: Monday, June 29, 2009 9:07 PM >> Subject: [Dyfed] Ty Obrey >> >> >>> Readers - can a Welsh speaker tell me the meaning of Ty Obrey? I >>> know >>> that Ty means house, but what could Ty Obrey signify? On Google, >>> I find >>> it in reference to a classification of rocks in Northern Wales. >>> Could it >>> be referring to an area (location), or a house, or something all >>> together >>> different? Is anyone familiar? >>> >>> Best, Lynne in Tucson >> >> >> >> ================================ >> Dyfed list http://home.clara.net/daibevan/DyfedML.html >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> DYFED-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >> quotes >> in the subject and the body of the message > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG - www.avg.com > Version: 8.5.375 / Virus Database: 270.12.94/2208 - Release Date: > 06/29/09 > 05:54:00 > > > ================================ > Dyfed list http://home.clara.net/daibevan/DyfedML.html > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to DYFED-request@rootsweb.com > with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and > the body of the message