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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She said she was "nervous" about the eisteddfod performance because Welsh was new to her.
From BBC ● Aug. 3, 2023
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
He is also famous as having supplemented and made a new recension of Dafydd ab Edmwnd’s rules of poetry in the eisteddfod held at Caerwys in 1524.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 5 "Cat" to "Celt" 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
There are two kinds of eisteddfodau, the national or general, and the provincial gatherings which take place in many parts of Wales.
From The New Gresham Encyclopedia Volume 4, Part 2: Ebert to Estremadura by Various
"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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