Deuthum “I had come”, euthum “I had gone”, gwneuthum “I had done” - are these used in speech or are they literary forms only? They all appear quite frequently in Y Beibl William Morgan. I was reading “Blasu” by Manon Steffan Ros when I came across it.
Don’t EVER use them in speech! 
I have never heard those terms anyway but have to ask @garethrking why have you stressed the point of don’t EVER use them in speech?
Because nobody EVER uses them in speech!
Ok, just thought that as you stressed the point there must be something sinister or rude.
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Oh no - I don’t think any tense of the verb in Welsh (or indeed any other language) has anything rude or sinister about it. 
I thought it was unlikely to be in speech because I couldn’t find a reference in Modern Wesh: A Comprehensive Grammar. The written sentence, in context, is: “Deuthum i ddeall pam roedd Mai Davies wedi bod mor garedig, a hithau wedi canfod Pegi ar garreg ei drws ganol nos.” - I had come to understand …
Indeed. You will find it towards the end of Intermediate Welsh, where the LitWelsh verb system is dealt with - and in the Reader, again in the latter part of the book where we venture bravely in LitWelsh.
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