Top Definitions
Quiz
Examples

Matholwch

[ ma-thoh-lookh ]

/ mæˈθoʊ lʊx /

Save This Word!

noun

a legendary king of Ireland and the husband of Branwen.

QUIZ

THINGAMABOB OR THINGUMMY: CAN YOU DISTINGUISH BETWEEN THE US AND UK TERMS IN THIS QUIZ?

Do you know the difference between everyday US and UK terminology? Test yourself with this quiz on words that differ across the Atlantic.

Question 1 of 7

In the UK, COTTON CANDY is more commonly known as…

TAKE THE QUIZ TO FIND OUT

Words nearby Matholwch

Mather, Mather, Cotton, Mathewson, Mathias, Mathilde, Matholwch, maths, Mathura, Mathusala, Matie, matilda

Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023

How to use Matholwch in a sentence

These men returned with that answer to the place where Bendigeid Vran was, and they told him what reply Matholwch had given them.
The Mabinogion|Lady Charlotte Guest
They are the horses of Matholwch king of Ireland, who is married to Branwen, thy sister; his horses are they.
The Mabinogion|Lady Charlotte Guest
The embassy went after Matholwch, and told him all these sayings in a friendly manner, and he listened thereunto.
The Mabinogion|Lady Charlotte Guest
And the next morning they paid Matholwch the horses as long as the trained horses lasted.
The Mabinogion|Lady Charlotte Guest

The entertaining of Branwen and Matholwch was in the time that they went to Ireland.
The Mabinogion|Lady Charlotte Guest