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Dwi wastad wedi bod yn un di-amynedd, a dwi wastad wedi bod yn ddarllenwr barus.

Pam darllen comics? Dyfrig 2008

Dwi wastad wedi bod yn un di-amynedd, a dwi wastad wedi bod yn ddarllenwr barus.

Archive 2008-03-01 Dyfrig 2008

Pollux (_Onomasticon_ iv.chap. 8, § 59) calls the instrument barbiton or barymite (from [Greek: barus], heavy and [Greek: mitos], a string), an instrument producing deep sounds; the strings were twice as long as those of the pectis and sounded an octave lower.

Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 3 "Banks" to "Bassoon" Various

[Greek: "Atgellei kodon barus aeelion katadunta."] 3.

Notes and Queries, Number 07, December 15, 1849 Various

They are, generally speaking, an intelligent, industrious, and active race, the principal cultivators of sago, and gatherers of the famous camphor barus.

The Expedition to Borneo of H.M.S. Dido For the Suppression of Piracy Henry Keppel

It takes its name from the Greek [Greek: barus] (heavy) on account of its presence in barytes or heavy spar which was first investigated in 1602 by V. Casciorolus, a shoemaker of Bologna, who found that after ignition with combustible substances it became phosphorescent, and on this account it was frequently called Bolognian phosphorus.

Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 3 "Banks" to "Bassoon" Various

Sumatra and Borneo, called in the country _kapur barus_, from the name of the place where it is most common.

The Commercial Products of the Vegetable Kingdom Considered in Their Various Uses to Man and in Their Relation to the Arts and Manufactures; Forming a Practical Treatise & Handbook of Reference for the Colonist, Manufacturer, Merchant, and Consumer, on the Cultivation, Preparation for Shipment, and Commercial Value, &c. of the Various Substances Obtained From Trees and Plants, Entering into the Husbandry of Tropical and Sub-tropical Regions, &c. P. L. Simmonds

The price of this camphor _barus_ as it is termed, is said to be nearly a hundred times as much as that of the ordinary camphor, and it is used by the Chinese and Indians principally for embalming purposes.

British Borneo Sketches of Brunai, Sarawak, Labuan, and North Borneo 1884

Many of the Whigs were absent in the service of their country, and their murderous enemies overran the neighbourhood, beating women, burning barus, robbing houses, and carrying off cattle and slaves.

Alamance; Or, the Great and Final Experiment viii, 9-151, [1] p. 1847

This peculiar substance, called by the natives kapur-barus, * and distinguished by the epithet of native camphor from another sort which shall be mentioned hereafter, is a drug for which Sumatra and Borneo have been celebrated from the earliest times, and with the virtues of which the Arabian physicians appear to have been acquainted.

The History of Sumatra Containing An Account Of The Government, Laws, Customs And Manners Of The Native Inhabitants William Marsden 1795