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pennillion

/ pɪˈnɪlɪən /

noun

  1. a variant spelling of penillion

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Whereupon he also arose, and offering me his hand, said: “Farewell, master; I shall never forget you: were all the gentlefolks who come here to see the sources like you, we should indeed feel no want in these hills of such a gentleman as is spoken of in the pennillion.”

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They were horrible times—times in which there were monks and friars and p. 511graven images, which people kissed and worshipped and sang pennillion to. 

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In his youth he was much addicted to poetry, and a great many pennillion of his composition, chiefly on his p. 527own thievish exploits, are yet recited by the inhabitants of certain districts of the Shires of Brecon, Carmarthen, and Cardigan.

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Had you lived at that time you would have seen people down on their knees before stocks and stones, worshipping them, kissing them and repeating pennillion to them.

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

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