haearn

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Middle Welsh

Etymology

From Proto-Brythonic *hiyarno-, from Proto-Celtic *īsarnom, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁ésh₂r̥ ‘blood' > 'red’.

Noun

haearn

iron

Welsh

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haearn

Pot of haearn tawdd crai

Alternative forms

harn

Etymology

From Middle Welsh haearn, from Proto-Brythonic *hiyarno-, from Proto-Celtic *īsarnom (compare Cornish horn, Breton houarn, Irish iarann), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁ésh₂r̥ (“blood, red”).

Pronunciation

(North Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈheɨ̯.arn/
(South Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈhei̯.arn/
Rhymes: -eɨ̯arn

Noun

haearn m (plural heyrn, not mutable)

iron

Derived terms

haearn smwddio (“a clothes iron”)
haearnaidd (“like iron; inflexible, opressive”)
taro haearn ar (“to iron (clothes)”)
Oes yr Haearn (“the Iron Age”)

Further reading

R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “haearn”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies

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