cywydd

[ kuh-with ]

noun

, Prosody.

1. a form of meter in Welsh poetry consisting of rhyming couplets, each line having seven syllables: first used in the 14th century.

Word History and Origins

Origin of cywydd¹

1950–55; < Welsh; Old Welsh couid song, metrical composition; cognate with Old Irish cubaid harmonious, rhyming

Example Sentences

Among the most famous of his works is a cywydd “begging for a fishing-net,” and another giving thanks for the same.

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Each particular species of englyn, cywydd, and awdl has its appropriate name, which it is needless to give here.

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Here the age of the cywydd and the awdl, as the chief forms of verse, ends.

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Of the englyn, there are five kinds; of the cywydd, four; and of the awdl, fifteen.

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Al. “Cywydd,” his song; though this word derived from cy and gwydd, may likewise have the same meaning as the former.

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