gorsedd

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n. A community of bards, usually Welsh, but can also refer to the Breton and Cornish communities.

“We have the biggest stone ever to come out of the quarry on the island in the middle of our pond - and the gorsedd circle we built in 2003 all came from the quarry.”

Bowen and Sons of Cefn Coch
“When the whole order is assembled, the chief of bards ascends the _gorsedd_, and from his laurel and flower-bedecked chair opens the session, by repeating aloud the mottoes of the order, viz.: "_Y gwir yn erbyn y byd_, _yn ngwyneb haul a llygad goleuni_," or”

The Poetry of Wales

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treeseed beer and bread See board Jan 26, 2008
reesetee But I'm not bearded, just birdie.

*checks chin to be sure* Jan 26, 2008
mollusque Could have been worse if they'd admitted you and then kicked you out. Then you'd have been a debarred bearded bard. And if you were reesetee, you'd've been a debarred bearded bird bard. Jan 25, 2008
yarb I encountered a gorsedd once, in a benighted cwm. I applied to join them, but the bored bard board barred me. I shouldn't have bared my beard. Jan 25, 2008
reesetee How could a board of bards get bored? They're bards! Jan 25, 2008
asativum Not many around these days, so it's no horde. Just a bored bard board. Jan 25, 2008
reesetee So it's a board of bards? Jan 25, 2008
treeseed A gorsedd (plural gorseddau), is a community of bards. The word means "throne" in Welsh. It is occasionally spelled gorseth (especially in Cornwall), or Goursez in Brittany Jan 25, 2008

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