eisteddfod
Americannoun
plural
eisteddfods, eisteddfodaunoun
Other Word Forms
Etymology
Origin of eisteddfod
1815–25; < Welsh: literally, session, equivalent to eistedd sitting + fod, variant (by lenition) of bod being
Example Sentences
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His theory is that the Garn, as it is known locally, was instead used to host festivals, a bit like an prehistoric Royal Welsh Agricultural Show or even an eisteddfod.
From BBC • Dec. 9, 2023
"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
On 5 October 1957, the Porthcawl Grand Pavilion filled with perhaps 5,000 people for the miners’ eisteddfod.
From The Guardian • Jul. 2, 2017
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
This eisteddfod made rules p. 13for the better government of the bardic order.
From The Poetry of Wales by Jenkins, John
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