bryngaer
Welsh
Etymology
bryn (“hill”) + caer (“fort”)
Pronunciation
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Noun
bryngaer f (plural bryngaerau or bryngeyrydd)
- hill-fort
- 1863: Robert Everett (editor), Y Cenhadwr Americanaidd, volume XXIV, page 253 (self-published)
- Yr oedd yn enedigol o 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 […]
- 2008: Dewi Prysor, Madarch, page 206 (Y Lolfa; →ISBN
- 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.
- For more quotations using this term, see Citations:bryngaer.
- 1863: Robert Everett (editor), Y Cenhadwr Americanaidd, volume XXIV, page 253 (self-published)