codi ysgyfarnog

• codi sgwarnog (colloquial)

Literally, “to raise a hare”.

codi ysgyfarnog (first-person singular present codaf ysgyfarnog)

1. (idiomatic) to deflect, to start a fresh hare, to drag a red herring

• 1903 September 16, Y Tyst [The Witness]‎^[1], page 4:

  Y mae Chamberlain wedi ceisio codi ysgyfarnog arall i dynu sylw y cyhoedd oddiwrth y gwaradwydd sydd yn gysylltiedig â'r rhyfel, ac â'i enw ef yn arbenig^[sic].

  Chamberlain has tried to make another deflection to draw the public's attention away from the disgrace associated with the war, and with his name in particular.

• mynd ar ôl ysgyfarnog (“to fly off at a tangent”, literally “to go after a hare”)

• D. G. Lewis, N. Lewis, editors (2005–present), “codi”, in Gweiadur: the Welsh–English Dictionary, Gwerin