swllt
Welsh edit
Etymology edit
From Middle Welsh swllt, from Proto-Brythonic *solt, from Latin solidus (“a gold coin”). Compare Old Cornish sols and Old Breton solt (Breton saout (“cattle, livestock”)).
Pronunciation edit
- (North Wales) IPA(key): /suːɬd/, [suːɬt]
- (South Wales) IPA(key): /sʊɬd/, [sʊɬt]
- Rhymes: -ʊɬd
Noun edit
swllt m (plural sylltau, not mutable)
- shilling (all senses)
See also edit
- ffyrling (“farthing”)
- dimai (“halfpenny”)
- ceiniog (“penny”)
- dwygeiniog (“twopence, tuppence”)
- chwecheiniog (“sixpence”)
- hanner coron (“half-crown”)
- coron (“crown”)
- sofren (“sovereign”)
- gini (“guinea”)
Further reading edit
- R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “swllt”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies