Definitions
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun Alternative form of
Cymry .
Etymologies
Sorry, no etymologies found.
Support
Help support Wordnik (and make this page ad-free) by adopting the word Kimry.
Examples
-
The territory situated to the east of that limit belonged to the race of the Kimry; it was in time divided into two portions by the line of the Seine and the Marne, the one northern and the other southern.
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 56, Number 348 Various
-
A considerable part of it is taken up in proving that this people do in reality consist of two great branches, the Gaul and the Kimry.
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 56, Number 348 Various
-
The Kimry now spread themselves over the whole territory beyond the Po, and occupied the land without opposition: here they determined to await the arrival of the other column.
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 56, Number 348 Various
-
He there gives a brief view of the character of the Gaulish race; its division into two great branches, the Gaul and the Kimry, and the periods into which the history of this people naturally divides itself.
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 56, Number 348 Various
-
The battle which ensued was long and bloody; but overcome by the heat of the day and the immense clouds of dust, and exposed by their imperfect defensive armour to all the strokes of the enemy, the Kimry were in the end totally defeated.
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 56, Number 348 Various
-
Internal convulsions in the centre of Gaul, however, hurled new hordes across the Alps. The Kimry, from the Palus Moeotis, entered the north-eastern portion of Gaul, and expelled from their territory many of the tribes who were settled there: these, uniting in large hordes, precipitated themselves upon Italy.
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 56, Number 348 Various
-
Garonne, lived the Kimry of the first invasion, intermingled with
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 56, Number 348 Various
-
Meanwhile the other divisions of the Gauls, consisting of the Kimry and the Tigurines, after traversing Helvetia and Norica, arrived at the
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 56, Number 348 Various
-
The united bands now prepared to march upon Italy; this they did in two divisions: one, consisting of the Kimry and the Tigurines, directed its steps through Helvetia and Norica and by the Tridentine Alps; while the other, consisting of the Ambrones and the Teutones, moved on the route which leads to Italy by the Maritime Alps: both divisions had appointed
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 56, Number 348 Various
-
Marius and Catulus advanced to meet the Kimry on the banks of the Po.
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 56, Number 348 Various
Comments
Log in or sign up to get involved in the conversation. It's quick and easy.