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Glyn
GLYN.
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glyn
glyn
English
Noun
glyn (plural glyns)
- A valley in a mountain area, especially one with a stream in the bottom
- Spenser
- He could not beat out the Irish, yet he did shut them up within those narrow corners and glyns under the mountain's foot.
- Spenser
Welsh
Etymology
From Proto-Brythonic *glɨnn, from Proto-Celtic *glendos.
Noun
glyn m (plural glynnoedd)
Mutation
Welsh mutation | |||
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radical | soft | nasal | aspirate |
glyn | lyn | nglyn | unchanged |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |