cryd

Welsh

Etymology

From Middle Welsh crid, from Old Welsh crit, from Proto-Celtic *kritos. Cognate with Old Irish crith.

Pronunciation

• (North Wales) IPA^(key): /krɨːd/
• (South Wales) IPA^(key): /kriːd/
• Rhymes: -ɨːd

Homophone: crud

Noun

cryd m (plural crydiau)

1. shivering, trembling

   Synonyms: cryndod, ysgryd, ias, crŷn, rhyndod

2. fever

   Synonym: twymyn

Derived terms

• crydu (“to shake, to tremble”)
• crydwellt (“quaking grass”)
• echryd (“terror, dread”)
• ysgryd (“shiver, shudder”)

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
cryd	gryd	nghryd	chryd
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

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