[Spellyans] 'Tryga' - personal form

[Eddie Climo]

Here's an interesting attestation of 'tryga' being used in an inflected personal form. It's from the chorus of the traditional song 'Wembalo', as recorded by Mr.C.C.James (Old Cornwall, III 521).

> 'Wembalo' (burdhen):
> Gans ow whym wham wembalo,
> Coweth hunek yn benbalo,
> Meppygow yn benbalo, 
> yn blejen (a) drygons-y.

Note that this personal form is not demanded by the song's metre: 'yn blejen trygys yns (y)' has the same scansion. And there's no rhyme to consider with this line. It would seem to be a simple stylistic choice.

Of course, there's nothing wrong with 'trygys yu/yma trygys' etc., but it seems there's another attested possibility we may use.

Eddie Climo
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