crwydr

Welsh

Etymology

From Old Welsh cruitr (“winnowing tool”), from Proto-Brythonic *kruɨdr, from Proto-Celtic *kreitros (“sieve”), from Proto-Indo-European *krey-.

Pronunciation

• (North Wales) IPA^(key): /krʊɨ̯dr/, [ˈkrʰʊɨ̯dr̩]
• (South Wales, standard) IPA^(key): /krʊi̯dr/, [ˈkrʰʊi̯dr̩]
  • (South Wales, colloquial) IPA^(key): /ˈkrʊi̯dɪr/

Noun

crwydr m (plural crwydrau)

1. a wandering, roving, roaming

Derived terms

• crwydrad (“wandering, errant, vagrant, straying”)
• crwydredig (“wandering, vagrant, roving; stray; tramped by vagabonds”)
• crwydro (“to wander, roam, stroll, gad about; to spend to no purpose; to stray, go astray, err, deviate; to digress”)
• crwydrol (“wandering, vagrant, roving, nomadic, migratory; erring”)
• crwydrus (“wandering, vagrant, vagabond, roaming; erring, loose, profligate; poor, needy”)
• crwydrwr (“wanderer, vagrant, vagabond, rover, nomad; one who has erred or gone astray”)
• crwydryn, crwydren (“wanderer, vagrant, vagabond, tramp, straggler”)

 

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
crwydr	grwydr	nghrwydr	chrwydr
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

• R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “crwydr”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies