toddi

From Old Norse toddi, from or related to Proto-Germanic *tadjaną (“to scatter, strew”).^[1]

• IPA^(key): /ˈtʰɔtːɪ/
• Rhymes: -ɔtːɪ

toddi m (genitive singular todda, nominative plural toddar)

1. piece, lump

From Proto-Brythonic *tọðɨd. Equivalent to tawdd (“molten”) +‎ -i.

• (North Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈtɔðɪ/
• (South Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈtoːði/, /ˈtɔði/

toddi (first-person singular present toddaf)

1. (transitive) to melt
2. (intransitive) to melt

   Synonym: ymdoddi

3. (transitive, intransitive, nontechnical) to dissolve

   Synonym: hydoddi

4. (transitive, intransitive) to thaw

   Synonyms: dadlaith, dadmer, meiriol

• The verbnoun or dictionary form of a verb, such as this entry, is employed as a masculine singular noun in Welsh to express an uncountable verbal noun. The corresponding countable noun is usually derived morphologically from the related verb.
• Nontechnical language employs toddi to mean both "melt" and "dissolve" while technical contexts distinguish these meanings via toddi and hydoddi respectively.

• hydoddi (“to dissolve”)
• toddbwynt (“melting point”)
• toddiad (“melting (countable)”)
• ymdoddi (“to melt”)

• R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “toddi”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies