chwedl

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Welsh

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Etymology

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From Middle Welsh chwetyl, from Proto-Brythonic *hwedl, from Primitive Irish *skʷetlan (compare Old Irish scél), from Proto-Celtic *skʷetlom. If the Proto-Celtic word had descended directly into Welsh it would have become *ysbedl rather than chwedl; the labialisation of the original labiovelar was somehow irregularly lost as the term entered Brythonic.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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chwedl f (plural chwedlau, not mutable)

  1. story, tale, anecdote, legend

Derived terms

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Preposition

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chwedl

  1. (North Wales) as … says, as … used to say, in the words of
    Synonym: chwadal

Further reading

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  • Delyth Prys, J.P.M. Jones, Owain Davies, Gruffudd Prys (2006) Y Termiadur: termau wedi'u safoni; standardised terminology[1] (in Welsh), Cardiff: Awdurdod cymwysterau, cwricwlwm ac asesu Cymru (Qualifications curriculum & assessment authority for Wales), →ISBN, page 131
  • R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “chwedl”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies