Glyn

[ glin ]

/ glɪn /

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Elinor, 1864–1943, English writer.

Also Glyn·is

[glin-is], /ˈglɪn ɪs/, Glynn, Glynne. a male or female given name.

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“Was” is used for the indicative past tense of “to be,” and “were” is only used for the subjunctive past tense.

Then he slept, brokenly, waking at intervals to mutter "Damn it——" and to think of her again where she lay, far up Glyn Iago.
Mushroom Town|Oliver Onions
There seemed to be no wind, but the great country of white cloud up aloft had advanced, and a soft gloom filled the Glyn.
Mushroom Town|Oliver Onions
It was a little longer, but it avoided all possibility of meeting the Glyn Williams anywhere in the village.
A Fortunate Term|Angela Brazil
Mr. Glyn Williams wanted a sort of 'Cleopatra's needle' and nearly carried the committee.
A Fortunate Term|Angela Brazil

The change is already apparent in the poems of Lewis Glyn Cothi and others.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 5|Various