cwmwd

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A form of commote — A secular division of land in mediaeval Wales.

Scrabble 16

Meanings

nouncwmwd (plural cwmwds or cymydau)

plural cwmwds · plural cymydau

  1. alternativeAlternative form of commote.

    Cantref Penwedig, subdivided into the cwmwds of Geneu'r Glyn, Perfedd, and Creuddyn[…]

    1822, Memoirs of Owen Glendower (Owain Glyndwr), page xiii
    1 more example

    It is situated in a cwmwd which still retains the name of Swydd-y-Grè, i. e., the office or jurisdiction of the Grè.

    1859, Jonathan Williams, The history of Radnorshire, page 199
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