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gwern.

alders (Alnus)

5 characters1 syllables approx.Cymraeg language

Meaning & usage

noun/ɡwɛrn/
  1. alders (Alnus) masts of ships

    feminine · plural
  2. alders (Alnus) sticks, staves, shafts of lances

    feminine · plural
  3. made of alder, aldern

    feminine · plural
  4. alder carr, alder grove, alder marsh, swamp

    feminine · plural
  5. alder carr, alder grove, alder marsh, swamp hell

    feminine · figuratively · plural · sometimes
Where this word comes from

From Proto-Brythonic *gwern, from Proto-Celtic *wernā (compare Old Irish fern). Cognate with Old Armenian գերան (geran) and Albanian verr (“alder”).

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