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Welsh
Etymology
From Old Welsh hebauc, from Old English heafoc (“hawk”). Cognate with Irish seabhac, Manx shawk and Scottish Gaelic seabhag. Doublet of caeth (“captured”) and pregeth (“sermon”)
Pronunciation
Noun
hebog m (plural hebogiaid or hebogau or hebogion, not mutable)
- hawk, falcon
- Synonym: gwalch
Derived terms
Further reading
- R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “hebog”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies