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The
school motto can be translated as `Knowledge (or Learning) is the
surest (or best) guide (or lead / leader / rudder)'.
This version of the school
badge is from the 1965 edition of The Aberdarian. You might notice
that the shield above, taken from the title page inside, spells this
motto as ‘Gorau Llyw Dysg’.
Gorau is the superlative form
of the adjective `da` (good) as in: Da (good) Gwell (better) Gorau
(best). Goreu is simply an old, even archaic, form of `gorau`. Welsh
orthography was the subject of much debate well into the 19th
century, there being no government or official usage to suggest
norms. They tended to be provided by the Bible, translated in the
16th C and updated in the early 17th C and still in common usage
until 1988.
Thanks to Hywel Davies for
this interpretation.
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