cantref

English

Alternative forms

• cantred, cantrev

Etymology

From Middle Welsh cantref, from cant (“hundred”) + tref (“village, settlement”), the notional basis of the division.

Noun

cantref (plural cantrefs or cantrefi)

1. A mediaeval land division in Wales.
   • 2011, Sara Elin Roberts, transl., “Text and Translation”, in Llawysgrif Pomffred: An Edition and Study of Peniarth MS 259B (Medieval Law and Its Practice; 10), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 121:

     The foresitter of a cantref, namely the footholder, gives a vat of bragget to the king each year.

Further reading

• cantref on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Middle Welsh

FWOTD – 12 July 2015

Etymology

cant (“hundred”) +‎ tref (“town”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkantrev/

Noun

cantref m (plural cantreuoed)

1. a cantref: a mediaeval land division in Wales, between the cwmwd and the gwlad
   • Pwyll Pendeuic Dyuet:

     Pwyll Pendeuic Dyuet a oed yn arglwyd ar seith cantref Dyuet.

     Pwyll, prince of Dyfed, was lord over the seven cantrefs of Dyfed.

Descendants

• Welsh: cantref
  • English: cantref

Mutation

Mutated forms of cantref

radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
cantref	gantref	cantref / chantref pronounced with /ŋ̊-/	chantref

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Middle Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Welsh

Etymology

From Middle Welsh cantref.

Pronunciation

• (standard) IPA^(key): /ˈkantrɛv/
  • (colloquial) IPA^(key): /ˈkantrɛ/

Noun

cantref (plural cantrefi)

1. a mediaeval land division in Wales, between the cwmwd and the gwlad

Related terms

• Cantre'r Gwaelod (“the Lowland Hundred”)

Descendants

• English: cantref

Mutation

Mutated forms of cantref

radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
cantref	gantref	nghantref	chantref

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.