rhedyn y gwelydd

Welsh

Etymology

This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.
Particularly: “Second element may be gwelydd (“lineage, descent”), which makes sense given the royal/holy associations of this plant, but could also be the plural of gwal (“wall”), as many ferns are characterised as growing on walls”

Noun

rhedyn y gwelydd f (collective, singulative rhedynen y gwelydd)

spleenwort, ferns in genus Asplenium,^[1] particularly:
Synonym: duegredyn
1. wall-rue (Asplenium ruta-muraria)^[1]
  Synonym: duegredyn y muriau
2. hart's-tongue ferns (Asplenium scolopendrium)^[1]
  Synonym: tafodau'r hydd

Mutation

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

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “rhedyn”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies

[GPC-1] 1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “rhedyn”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies

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