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- Welsh · borrowed fromenglyn
- Welsh · borrowed fromenglyn
- English todayenglyn
Borrowed from Welsh englyn.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Today it means: A short Welsh or Cornish poem of a variable structure, with each line using quantitative metre and cynghanedd (a repeating pattern of consonants and accent), and different lines being arranged in standardized patterns of rhyme and half rhyme. Full definition →
Borrowed from Welsh englyn.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.