English
englyn
Englyn comes from Welsh englyn.
- Welshc. 1500–presentenglyn
- Englishearliest quotation 1892same form
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Welshc. 1500–presentenglyn
- Englishearliest quotation 1892same form
Earliest quotation: 1892, Francis Turner Palgrave, Limited: “The concluding Englyn has written below it, in a…”
Every English word from Welsh englyn
Today it means
noun A short Welsh or Cornish poem of a variable structure, with each line using quantitative metre and cynghanedd (a repeating pattern of consonants and accent), and different lines being arranged in standardized patterns of rhyme and half rhyme.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Welsh englyn / englyn