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gwawd.

exaltation, eulogy, song of praise

5 characters1 syllables approx.Cymraeg language

Meaning & usage

noun/ɡwau̯d/
  1. exaltation, eulogy, song of praise

    masculine · obsolete
  2. scorn, mockery, derision

    masculine · uncountable
Where this word comes from

From Middle Welsh gwawt, from Proto-Brythonic *gwọd, from Proto-Celtic *wātis (compare Gaulish *wātis, Old Irish fáith (“seer, prophet”), from Proto-Indo-European *wéh₂tis, from *weh₂t- (“possessed, excited”). Cognate with Latin vātēs and Proto-Germanic *wōdaz (“mad”).

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