bryngaer

Welsh

FWOTD – 25 September 2013

Etymology

bryn (“hill”) +‎ caer (“fort”)

Pronunciation

• (North Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈbrəŋɡaɨ̯r/, /ˈbrɨ̞ŋɡaɨ̯r/
• (South Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈbrəŋɡai̯r/, /ˈbrɪŋɡai̯r/

Noun

bryngaer f (plural bryngaerau or bryngeyrydd)

1. hill-fort
   • 1863: Robert Everett (editor), Y Cenhadwr Americanaidd, volume XXIV, page 253 (self-published)

     Yr oedd yn enedigol o Bryngaer, Sir Fynwy.

     He was native to Bryngaer, Sir Fynwy.

   • 1982: Gwynfor Evans (author) and Manon Rhys (editor), Bywyd Cymro, page 66 (Gwasg Gwynedd)

     Cymerodd Keidrych ei enw o afon Ceidrych sy’n rhedeg trwy ddyffryn bach hardd wrth gefn Wernellyn, ac wrth odre’r Garn Goch, bryngaer mawr caerog a fuasai unwaith efallai yn brif dref […]

     Keidrych took its name from the river Ceidrych which runs through a beautiful little valley by the back of Wernellyn, and at the foot of Garn Goch, a large fortified hill fort that may once have been a main town [...]

   • 2008, Dewi Prysor, Madarch, Y Lolfa, →ISBN, page 206:

     O ran diddordeb penodol pellach i Pennylove oedd y fan felen yr oeddan nhw wedi’i chanfod y bore hwnnw, wrth gerdded i fyny i’r gaer Rufeinig yr ochr draw i’r bryngaer bach Celtaidd uwchben y cwm.

     Of further specific interest to Pennylove was the yellow van they had found that morning, whilst walking up to the Roman fort the other side of the small Celtic hill-fort above the valley.

   • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:bryngaer.

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
bryngaer	fryngaer	mryngaer	unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.