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cyfarwydd

Pronunciation: /kəˈvarwɨ̞ð/

“cyfarwydd” is a Welsh word. Its 8 meanings in English:

adjective

  1. well-informed, acquainted, familiar
  2. learned, skilful, proficient

noun

  1. storyteller
  2. well-informed person, expert
  3. witness
  4. instruction, advice
  5. glowworm (Lampyris noctiluca)
  6. magic, spell

Etymology

From Middle Welsh kyuarwyð. By surface analysis, cyf- + arwydd. Cognate with Old Irish comarde (“sign, mark, symbol”).

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