Glyn,
thank you for that. Although I grew up in Swansea I regret I never did learn
to speak Welsh. I was born of mixed race with one Welsh speaking grandma
and one Cockney speaking grandma - its a miracle I learned anything...
Teg I understand from chwarae teg , but at 19 I was madly in love with
Tegwen which would be...... ??
Bryan .
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Sent: 26 October 2006 17:55
Subject: Re: [MON] Registration district for Varteg
Bryan,
Varteg is a Welsh name although misspelt.
The Welsh name is 'Y Farteg', and the original name is Marteg. There are
quite a few other Marteg and Farteg names to be found in Wales. Mar must
be a
feminine noun because it mutates after the definite article
'Y'. The
'teg' part
of the word means fair, but I can't work out what the
'Mar' part means at
the moment. Before somebody asks I don't know why teg doesn't mutate
after
the
feminine noun unless it is because it denotes possession or maybe
that is
misspelt as well and the name should actually be 'Y Fardeg'.
I come from Abersychan which is a mile or so down the mountain below the
Varteg and we used to say "he comes from up the Varteg" whereas someone
from
Garndiffaith was said to be "off the Garn".
Hwyl
Glyn Davies
In a message dated 26/10/2006 13:18:03 GMT Standard Time,
captbrian(a)ukonline.co.uk writes:
What puzzles me is that Varteg doesn't sound Welsh.
Does it come from Vortigern - an original Brit. ie Welsh king. AD375 -ish
I only ask?
Bryan
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