crwydr

Welsh

Etymology

From Proto-Brythonic *kruɨdr, from Proto-Celtic *krētros (“sieve”).

Pronunciation
  • (North Wales) IPA(key): /krʊɨ̯dr/, [ˈkrʰʊɨ̯dr̩]
  • (South Wales) (standard) IPA(key): /krʊi̯dr/, [ˈkrʰʊi̯dr̩]

Noun

crwydr m (plural crwydrau)

  1. a wandering, roving, roaming
  2. a sieve, winnowing-fan

Derived terms
  • crwydrad (“wandering, errant, vagrant, straying”)
  • crwydredig (“wandering, vagrant, roving; stray; tramped by vagabonds”)
  • crwydro (“to wander, roam, stroll, gad about; to spend to no purpose; to stray, go astray, err, deviate; to digress”)
  • crwydrol (“wandering, vagrant, roving, nomadic, migratory; erring”)
  • crwydrus (“wandering, vagrant, vagabond, roaming; erring, loose, profligate; poor, needy”)
  • crwydrwr m (“wanderer, vagrant, vagabond, rover, nomad; one who has erred or gone astray”)
  • crwydryn m, crwydren f (“wanderer, vagrant, vagabond, tramp, straggler”)

Mutation
Welsh mutation
radicalsoftnasalaspirate
crwydr grwydr nghrwydr chrwydr
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References
  • Angharad Fychan and Ann Parry Owen, editors (2014), “crwydr”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
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