swllt

Welsh

Etymology

From Middle Welsh swllt, from Proto-Brythonic *solt, from Latin solidus (“a gold coin”). Compare Old Cornish sols and Old Breton solt (Breton saout (“cattle, livestock”)).

Pronunciation

• (North Wales) IPA^(key): /suːɬd/, [suːɬt]
• (South Wales) IPA^(key): /sʊɬd/, [sʊɬt]
• Rhymes: -ʊɬd

Noun

swllt m (plural sylltau, diminutive sylltyn or swlltyn, not mutable)

1. shilling (all senses)

Derived terms

• swllt y Brenin (“the King's shilling”)
• swllt dyn tlawd (“annual honesty, Lunaria annua”, literally “poor man's shilling”)
• sylltach (“small change”)

See also

• ffyrling (“farthing”)
• dimai (“halfpenny”)
• ceiniog (“penny”)
• dwygeiniog (“twopence, tuppence”)
• chwecheiniog (“sixpence”)
• hanner coron (“half-crown”)
• coron (“crown”)
• sofren (“sovereign”)
• gini (“guinea”)

Further reading

• Griffiths, Bruce; Glyn Jones, Dafydd (1995), “shilling”, in Geiriadur yr Academi: The Welsh Academy English–Welsh Dictionary‎^[1], Cardiff: University of Wales Press, →ISBN
• D. G. Lewis, N. Lewis, editors (2005–present), “swllt”, in Gweiadur: the Welsh–English Dictionary, Gwerin
• R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke, et al., editors (1950–present), “swllt”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies