Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A Welsh weight of wool, about two pounds.
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Or perhaps “arlwydd pwys” means “the legitimate lord,” in opposition to usurpers, just as a wedded wife is styled “gwraig bwys,” as distinguished from a concubine.
Y Gododin A Poem of the Battle of Cattraeth Aneurin 1836
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Rhuawn Bevr, ab Gwyddnaw Garanhir; sev yu gelwid felly achaws rhoddi eu pwys yn aur am danynt o ddwylaw au lladdes.”
Y Gododin A Poem of the Battle of Cattraeth Aneurin 1836
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