rhedyn y gwelydd

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Welsh[edit]

Etymology[edit]

This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.
Particularly: “Second element may be gwelydd (“lineage, descent”), which makes sense given the royal/holy associations of this plant, but could also be the plural of gwal (“wall”), as many ferns are characterised as growing on walls”

Noun[edit]

rhedyn y gwelydd f (collective, singulative rhedynen y gwelydd)

  1. spleenwort, ferns in genus Asplenium,[1] particularly:
    Synonym: duegredyn
    1. wall-rue (Asplenium ruta-muraria)[1]
      Synonym: duegredyn y muriau
    2. hart's-tongue ferns (Asplenium scolopendrium)[1]
      Synonym: tafodau'r hydd

Mutation[edit]

Welsh mutation
radical soft nasal aspirate
rhedyn y gwelydd redyn y gwelydd unchanged unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References[edit]

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “rhedyn”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
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