eisteddfod
Americannoun
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eisteddfods,
plural
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eisteddfodau
plural
noun
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Etymology
Origin of eisteddfod
1815–25; < Welsh: literally, session, equivalent to eistedd sitting + fod, variant (by lenition) of bod being
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"But they will have an eisteddfod, hopefully, and, you know, people can come together," she told BBC Radio Wales' Sunday Supplement.
From BBC ● Aug. 1, 2021
The musical reply came from the mighty Treorchy Male Choir, the winners of that year’s eisteddfod, and a group that traces its history back to 1883.
From The Guardian ● Jul. 2, 2017
He has spoken in the past – surly/amused – of an "eisteddfod of hostility", as if his detractors were the excitable participants in a provincial arts festival.
From The Guardian ● Aug. 15, 2014
Outdoor events are also benefiting from the hot weather with Llangollen's international eisteddfod attracting a big increase in numbers compared to 2012.
From BBC ● Jul. 13, 2013
The last commission was issued by Queen Elizabeth in 1568, but the eisteddfod fell into abeyance during the seventeenth century.
From The New Gresham Encyclopedia Volume 4, Part 2: Ebert to Estremadura by Various
But over the years the hall has been the venue for Christmas concerts, eisteddfodau, and even the mighty Giant Haystacks has wrestled here.
From BBC ● Oct. 9, 2021
"There have been plays, dramas, eisteddfodau over the last 90 years and thousands upon thousands of people have used this hall."
From BBC ● Oct. 9, 2021
Mr Davies said the Royal Welsh should now receive Welsh Government grants like the Urdd, National and Llangollen eisteddfodau.
From BBC ● May 27, 2020
My children will not be coerced into wearing vegetables or flowers to school and I am sad that they will miss the fun of school eisteddfodau.
From BBC ● Mar. 1, 2011
“Why, I suppose,” said I, “that Adam invented poetry.” p. 303I made inquiries of him about the eisteddfodau, or sessions of bards, and expressed a wish to be present at one of them.
From Wild Wales The People, Laguage & Scenery by George Henry Borrow
"This is evident in the strength of the eisteddfods, chapels, the gymanfa ganu and the flourishing Welsh schools," he added.
From BBC ● May 20, 2023
"I took part in three eisteddfods over there," she said.
From BBC ● May 20, 2023
What he learned at the eisteddfods was stage presence: "When I went to college I was streets ahead of others because I was used to facing the public."
From Time Magazine Archive
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