Old Welsh
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In Old Welsh and Old Breton, on the other hand, the final syllable, i.e. the primitive penult, received the stress, but in both languages the stress was shifted in the middle period to the penultimate.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 5 "Cat" to "Celt" by Various
Old Welsh law was very unlike the law we obey now.
From Short History of Wales by Edwards, Owen Morgan, Sir
The reservoir of the Old Welsh Harp was close at hand—a place famous for its water-birds and wild fowl.
From Men of Invention and Industry by Smiles, Samuel
Again, in Old Welsh and Old Breton a short stressed vowel in words of one syllable was lengthened, e.g. tād, “father,” pl. tădau, but in Modern Breton the accent tends to lengthen all stressed vowels.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 5 "Cat" to "Celt" by Various
Old Welsh is in splendid form, doing the part to perfection.
From The Lunatic at Large by Clouston, J. Storer (Joseph Storer)
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