Old Welsh edit

Adjective edit

bescc

  1. thick

Noun edit

bescc

  1. thigh

Usage notes edit

The -r- in the word's descendants was apparently humorously deleted in the Old Welsh word's main attestation in a gloss on Martianus Capella. Bescc glosses Latin femur in a section about the morphological disappearance of -r- in some Latin derived terms and declensions.

The adjective itself is not attested in Old Welsh. However, its existence may be inferred from its later descendants.

Descendants edit

  • Middle Welsh: braisg, breisc