cywydd
[kuh-with]
- a form of meter in Welsh poetry consisting of rhyming couplets, each line having seven syllables: first used in the 14th century.
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Origin of cywydd
1950–55; < Welsh; Old Welsh couid song, metrical composition; cognate with Old Irish cubaid harmonious, rhyming
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Historical Examples
Of the englyn, there are five kinds; of the cywydd, four; and of the awdl, fifteen.
The Welsh and Their LiteratureGeorge Borrow
Here the age of the cywydd and the awdl, as the chief forms of verse, ends.
Among the most famous of his works is a cywydd “begging for a fishing-net,” and another giving thanks for the same.
Each particular species of englyn, cywydd, and awdl has its appropriate name, which it is needless to give here.
The Welsh and Their LiteratureGeorge Borrow
Al. “Cywydd,” his song; though this word derived from cy and gwydd, may likewise have the same meaning as the former.
Y GododinAneurin