undec

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See also: undec-

Middle Welsh

Etymology

From un (one) +‎ dec (ten).

Numeral

undec m or f (ordinal undecvet)

  1. eleven
    • c. 1180, Cynddelw, Gwelygorddau Powys; quoted in William Owen Pughe, A Dictionary of the Welsh Language, Explained in English;: With Numerous Illustrations, from the Literary Remains and from the Living Speech of the Cymmry:, volume 2, London: E. Williams, 1803, page c. p585 s.v. Undegved:
      Undeg vad awen; undegved awyz
       A weinyz vy nhynged,
      O’m gwawd ran, o’m ban, o’m barzged,
      O walç valç, o Weilçiawn giwed.
      Eleven godly themes; the eleventh with my destiny will produce, with respect to my share of praise, of my elevation, of my bardic treasure, from a towering battlement, from the Gweilçion tribe.
    • traditional, ascribed to Taliesin, Yr awdl fraith, republished in Hugh James Rose and Samuel Roffey Maitland , The British Magazine, and Monthly Register of Religious and Ecclesiastical Information, Parochial History, and Documents Respecting the State of the Poor, Progress of Education, &c., volume 19, 1841, page 665:
      Naw cànt dau undeg wyth
      Y bu yn ymlwyth
      Yn arwain mysg-lwyth,
       Masgl a fæmina.
      Nine hundred and thirty years   
      They existed sorrowing,
      Bearing a mixed-race,
       Male and female.

Descendants

  • Welsh: undeg