maer biswail
Welsh edit
Etymology edit
From maer (“mayor”) + buwch (“cow”) + tail (“shit, dung”)[1]
Noun edit
maer biswail m (plural meiri biswail)
- (historical) the official charged with administering the king's cattle in medieval Wales
Mutation edit
| Welsh mutation | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| radical | soft | nasal | aspirate |
| maer biswail | faer biswail | unchanged | unchanged |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | |||
References edit
- ^ Wade-Evans, Arthur. Welsh Medieval Law. Oxford Univ., 1909. Accessed 1 Feb 2013.