wynebwerth

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Welsh

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From wyneb (face) +‎ gwerth (worth). In the contemporary sense of "face value", a calque of the English term.

Noun

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wynebwerth m (plural wynebwerthoedd)

  1. (law, historical) compensation paid by a husband to his wife for certain insults (such as adultery) under medieval Welsh law; it was received thrice before the wife was presumed to have received no insult from a known offender
  2. (business) face value
    Synonym: gwerth enwol

Mutation

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Welsh mutation
radical soft nasal h-prothesis
wynebwerth unchanged unchanged hwynebwerth
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

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  • A. Wade-Evans. Welsh Medieval Law.
  • R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “wynebwerth”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies