Lexicon:Modern/Saenydd
| Saenydd | |
|---|---|
| Stage | Modern CLT |
| Pronunciation | /ˈsaɪ.nɪð/ |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Etymology | from Middle isaynitē, from Proto isaynit |
| Related words | kapashra, Choema Gwyld |
Saenydd — a person set to work their nature does not fit, and the error of having set them there.
Notes
The word carries both halves and does not separate them, which is the point of it. To say a slave is Saenydd is to say she is wrongly placed and that somebody placed her, and everyone hearing it knows which of the two is being discussed.
Held to be among the worst outcomes the arrangement produces, because it cannot be corrected out of a person. A Saenydd slave corrected for the same fault three times has not been failed at correcting; she has been failed at matching, and the remedy is different work or a different house.
Used of free people too. A man in the wrong trade is Saenydd, and so is a scholar who should have been a soldier.