dweud y drefn in Welsh

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{
  "etymology_text": "Literally “to say the (proper) order, to say the rule”.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "dywedaf y drefnaf",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    }
  ],
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        "head": "dweud y drefn"
      },
      "expansion": "dweud y drefn (first-person singular present dywedaf y drefnaf)",
      "name": "cy-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Welsh",
  "lang_code": "cy",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [],
      "glosses": [
        "to lay down the law"
      ],
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          "lay down the law",
          "lay down the law"
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        "(intransitive) to lay down the law"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "rhoi'r ddeddf i lawr"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "intransitive"
      ]
    },
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          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
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      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to tell off, to scold"
      ],
      "id": "en-dweud_y_drefn-cy-verb-axhqj8mm",
      "links": [
        [
          "wrth",
          "wrth#Welsh"
        ],
        [
          "tell off",
          "tell off"
        ],
        [
          "scold",
          "scold"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(with wrth) to tell off, to scold"
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "with wrth"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "ceryddu"
        },
        {
          "word": "dwrdio"
        },
        {
          "word": "dannod"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "dweud y drefn"
}

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{
  "categories": [
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries",
    "Welsh entries with incorrect language header",
    "Welsh lemmas",
    "Welsh multiword terms",
    "Welsh verbs",
    "Welsh verbs with red links in their headword lines"
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Literally “to say the (proper) order, to say the rule”.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "dywedaf y drefnaf",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "dywedaf y drefn",
        "head": "dweud y drefn"
      },
      "expansion": "dweud y drefn (first-person singular present dywedaf y drefnaf)",
      "name": "cy-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Welsh",
  "lang_code": "cy",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Welsh intransitive verbs"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to lay down the law"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "lay down the law",
          "lay down the law"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(intransitive) to lay down the law"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "rhoi'r ddeddf i lawr"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "intransitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "to tell off, to scold"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "wrth",
          "wrth#Welsh"
        ],
        [
          "tell off",
          "tell off"
        ],
        [
          "scold",
          "scold"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(with wrth) to tell off, to scold"
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "with wrth"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "ceryddu"
        },
        {
          "word": "dwrdio"
        },
        {
          "word": "dannod"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "dweud y drefn"
}

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"dweud y drefn" meaning in Welsh

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