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gwyfwn.

mercury, quicksilver

6 characters1 syllables approx.Cymraeg language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈɡʊɨ̯vʊn/North-Wales/ˈɡʊi̯vʊn/South-Wales
  1. mercury, quicksilver

    literary · masculine · uncountable
Where this word comes from

gwy (“liquid”) + mŵn, a variant form of mwyn (“mineral, ore”).

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