cwmwd

English

Noun

cwmwd (plural cwmwds or cymydau)

  1. Alternative form of commote
    • 1822, Memoirs of Owen Glendower (Owain Glyndwr) (page xiii)
      Cantref Penwedig, subdivided into the cwmwds of Geneu'r Glyn, Perfedd, and Creuddyn […]
    • 1859, Jonathan Williams, The history of Radnorshire (page 199)
      It is situated in a cwmwd which still retains the name of Swydd-y-Grè, i. e., the office or jurisdiction of the Grè.

Welsh

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Middle Welsh kymhwt; cognate with Old Breton compot (“division of land”) and Modern Breton kombod (“compartment (of a train)”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkʊmʊd/

Noun

cwmwd m (plural cymydau or cymydoedd)

  1. (historical) a commote, a medieval land division subdividing cantrefs

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical soft nasal aspirate
cwmwd gwmwd nghwmwd chwmwd
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

  • A. Wade-Evans. Welsh Medieval Law.
  • “cwmwd”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies, 2014
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