crwydro

Welsh

Etymology

From crwydr (“wandering, roving, roaming”) +‎ -o

Verb

crwydro (first-person singular present crwydraf)

  1. to wander, roam, stroll, gad about
  2. to spend to no purpose
  3. to stray, go astray, err, deviate
    Mae hynny'n crwydro ychydig yn bellach oddi wrth y ddadl nag a ddymunaswn.
    That is straying a little further from the debate than I would have liked.
  4. to digress

Mutation
Welsh mutation
radicalsoftnasalaspirate
crwydro grwydro nghrwydro chrwydro
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References
  • Angharad Fychan and Ann Parry Owen, editors (2014), “crwydro”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
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