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Lluest yr Oerfa Ddu (Ceulan and Maes-mawr): 1667 Llyest yr Orrva Duy, Gwynfryn; 1713/4 old wall site and place of summer or dairy house called yr Orva Ddy, Harold Hughes. Lluestydd yn y Dolau Gwynion (Llanerfyl): 1590 two Deryhouses, and all the lands, etc., belonging, lying in the township of Kefn y llys commonly known by the name of Lyestith-yn y dole gwinnon, Mont. Coll., XXVI p. 25. As was the case with hafod and hafoty in the previous article it would be point- less to list every example of lluest. There are many examples of lluest as a single element, and as part of a compound. The compound very often has a geographical or topographical significance, as with many of the forms listed above, and compare such examples as Lluest Eisteddfa Gurig in Cwmrheidol or Lluest Llety'r Fagwyr in Llanilar. The term is frequently followed by a personal name, e.g., Cadwgan (Lluest Cadwgan [Cellan]), Dafydd Ddu (Lluest Dafydd Ddu [Dulais, cf. 1742 Llyest Davidd ddy John Jenkins B], Lluest Griffith ap Iolyn [Darowen], Lluest Lewsyn [Llansanffraid Cwmteuddwr], Lluest Llywelyn [Llangurig], Lluest Peter [Llandinam]. Birds and animals feature in lluest names as cornicyll 'plover, lapwing', in Lluestcornicyll (Gartheli); giach 'snipe' in Lluestygiach (Llanilar); broga 'frog' in Lluestybroga (Llangeitho); and gwenci 'weasel' in Lluestywenci (Llanbadam Tref- eglwys, 1733 Llyast-y-wenky Crosswood 166). The only tree found in connection with lluest is bedw 'birch' as in Lluestybedw (Llanfair Clydogau, cf. 1676 Lleyst y bedow Bronwydd), and Lluestyfedw (Llanbryn-mair). The colours used to describe the lluest may as with hafod and hafoty refer to the building itself, or to the soil and vegetation nearby. So we have du 'black' in Lluest- ddu (Camo, cf. 1630 Tythyn Y lluest ddu Mont. Coll. XXXIII 117), and Llanfi- hangel-yng-Ngwynfa). Coch 'red' in Lluest-goch (Gwnnws, cf. 1760 Llyast goch, Coleman 40; Llanidloes and Tregynon). Glas 'green' in Lluest-las (Lledrod and Llangurig). Gwen 'white' is very common and is found in Lluest-wen in Cemais, Cilcennin, Cwmrheidol, Genau'r-glyn, Llanfyllin, Llangeitho, Llanidloes, Llanilar, Llanwddyn, Llangynwyd [Cwm-du], and Rhondda. Other general epithets are cota 'short', as in Lluestgota (Ceulan and Maes- mawr); hen 'old' in Lluest-hen (Llansanffraid, Cards.); hir 'long', in Lluest-hir in Llanbadam-y-Creuddyn, cf. 1719 Llyest Hir in parcell ucha, Roy Evans; newydd 'new' in Gartheli, Llanddewi Aber-arth, Llanfihangel Bryn Pabuan, Llanilar, Llan- rhystud, Parsel Canol, Tirymynach, and Uwchygarreg. In Lluestgrafiau (Ceulan and Maes-mawr) there may tv 4 reference to crafiau, the 'rakings or sweepings' of