Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun The Welsh language before the 1100s.

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  • proper noun The Welsh language as it existed from about 800 until the early twelfth century (when it developed into Middle Welsh), not readily intelligible to modern Welsh speakers.

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Examples

  • The song's in Old Welsh, Ernst. My grandfather taught it to me when I was a pup.

    The Legacy of Heorot Niven, Larry 1987

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