cywydd

cywydd
noun /ˈkəˌwɪð/
A Welsh verse form consisting of rhyming couplets written in cynghanedd.

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  • Cywydd — Le cywydd est un mètre employé par les bardes gallois du Moyen Âge tardif. Il fait son apparition au commencement du XIVe siècle et devient la forme préferée des bardes jusqu à l éclipse de l ordre bardique. Parmi les grands maîtres du… …   Wikipédia en Français

  • cywydd — /ku widh/, n. Pros. a form of meter in Welsh poetry consisting of rhyming couplets, each line having seven syllables: first used in the 14th century. [1950 55; < Welsh; OWelsh couid song, metrical composition; c. OIr cubaid harmonious, rhyming] * …   Universalium

  • cywydd — cyw·ydd …   English syllables

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  • Owen, Goronwy — ▪ British poet also called  Goronwy Ddu o Fôn   born Jan. 1, 1723, Llanfair Mathafarn Eithaf, Anglesey, Wales died July 1769, Brunswick, Va. [U.S.]       clergyman and poet who revived the bardic tradition in 18th century Welsh literature. He… …   Universalium

  • Owen, Goronwy (Gronow) — (1723 1769?)    The son of a tinker, he was born at Rhos Fawr, Anglesey. Given no encouragement from his drunken father, his education was left to his mother, and from 1737 to 1741 he was at Friars School, Bangor. He was ordained deacon in 1745… …   British and Irish poets

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