Berdh

Styr an ger ‘Gorsedh’ yw ‘kuntelles a verdh’.  Ev a dheu dhyworth an hen er keltek a styr ‘esedh ughel’ po ‘se’. Devedhyans an ger ‘Bardh’ yw an hanow a veu res gans skriforyon rek dhe’n brydydhyon hag ilewydhyon a veu kevrennys gans pronteryon ha Drewydh.  Yn hwreydhek y feu an hanow ‘bardh’ ros dre vras dhe bub prydydh galwesik oll.  Tus meur aga roweth o berdh hag yth esa yn fenowgh keskolmow personek strooth yntredha ha’ga thasek.  Penn an verdh oll y’n Orsedh o, hag yw hwath, an Bardh Meur, ha’y arwodh a awtorita o an gador veur a esedha ev ynni.

A-dhia dhalleth Gorsedh Kernow, moy ages mil vardh re beu gwrys, hanter anedha hwath yn fyw.dhe

Nyns yns i oll a Gernow ha nyns yns i oll trigys yn Kernow.  Yma berdh yn Ostrali, Amerika Dyghow, gelwys dhe dhos ha bos berdh awos aga ober owth avonsya Kernow dhe’n teyluyow a dhivroysi y’n broyow na, ha lies anedha a wra an viaj hir dhe Gernow rag bos ynstallys y’n Orsedh ha kemeres rann y’n solempnitys an Orsedh.

A person who is considered worthy of bardship must be proposed by an existing bard, who is required to submit a citation to the Gorsedh in support of his or her candidate. Citations must be presented without the knowledge of the person being nominated. Each nominee is in turn considered by the Gorsedh Council and, if found satisfactory, she or he is duly invited to become a bard. Bards choose a Bardic name in Cornish, which is generally relevant to their place of birth, their particular vocation or the work which has led them to be invited into the Gorsedh. The names of these new bards are not made public until shortly before their official acceptance into the Gorsedh, now always held on the first Saturday in September.