See also: llen

Welsh edit

Etymology edit

From Middle Welsh llen, from Proto-Brythonic *lleɣenn (compare Breton lenn), from Latin legendum (cf. Old Irish légend).[1]

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

llên f (uncountable)

  1. literature, lore

Related terms edit

Mutation edit

Welsh mutation
radical soft nasal aspirate
llên lên unchanged unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References edit

  • R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “llên”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
  1. ^ Morris Jones, John (1913) A Welsh Grammar, Historical and Comparative, Oxford: Clarendon Press, § 201 ii 3.