pennillion

British

/ pɪˈnɪlɪən /

noun

a variant spelling of penillion

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So I should have guessed, sir, by your being so p. 211well acquainted with pennillion and histories.

From Wild Wales The People, Laguage & Scenery by Borrow, George Henry

“Well,” said the damsel, “I believe he does write things which he calls pennillion, but everybody laughs at them.”

From Wild Wales The People, Laguage & Scenery by Borrow, George Henry

So I should have guessed, sir, by your being so well acquainted with pennillion and histories.

From Wild Wales: Its People, Language and Scenery by Borrow, George Henry

Prin iawn i medreis i ddeongli rhai pennillion o hono yma a thraw, y rhai a ellwch eu gweled yn y traethawd Lladin ynghylch y Beirdd.

From Some Specimens of the Poetry of the Ancient Welsh Bards by Evans, Evan

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