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wynebwerth
wynebwerth
See also: wyneb-werth
Welsh
Alternative forms
Noun
wynebwerth m (plural wynebwerthoedd)
- (law, historical) compensation paid by a husband to his wife for certain insults (such as adultery) under medieval Welsh law; it was received thrice before the wife was presumed to have received no insult from a known offender
Mutation
| Welsh mutation | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| radical | soft | nasal | h-prothesis |
| wynebwerth | unchanged | unchanged | hwynebwerth |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | |||
References
- A. Wade-Evans. Welsh Medieval Law.
- “wynebwerth” in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru.