bryngaer

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Welsh

FWOTD – 25 September 2013

Etymology

bryn (“hill”) +‎ caer (“fort”)

Pronunciation

Noun

bryngaer f (plural bryngaerau or bryngeyrydd)

  1. hill-fort
    • 1863: Robert Everett (editor), Y Cenhadwr Americanaidd, volume XXIV, page 253 (self-published)
      Yr oedd yn enedigol o Bryngaer, Sir Fynwy.
      He was native to Bryngaer, Sir Fynwy.
    • 1982: Gwynfor Evans (author) and Manon Rhys (editor), Bywyd Cymro, page 66 (Gwasg Gwynedd)
      Cymerodd Keidrych ei enw o afon Ceidrych sy’n rhedeg trwy ddyffryn bach hardd wrth gefn Wernellyn, ac wrth odre’r Garn Goch, bryngaer mawr caerog a fuasai unwaith efallai yn brif dref […]
      Keidrych took its name from the river Ceidrych which runs through a beautiful little valley by the back of Wernellyn, and at the foot of Garn Goch, a large fortified hill fort that may once have been a main town
    • 2008, Dewi Prysor, Madarch, Y Lolfa, →ISBN, page 206:
      O ran diddordeb penodol pellach i Pennylove oedd y fan felen yr oeddan nhw wedi’i chanfod y bore hwnnw, wrth gerdded i fyny i’r gaer Rufeinig yr ochr draw i’r bryngaer bach Celtaidd uwchben y cwm.
      Of further specific interest to Pennylove was the yellow van they had found that morning, whilst walking up to the Roman fort the other side of the small Celtic hill-fort above the valley.
    • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:bryngaer.

Mutation

Mutated forms of bryngaer
radical soft nasal aspirate
bryngaer fryngaer mryngaer unchanged

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

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