crwth

See also: Crwth

English

WOTD – 23 January 2008

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crwth

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Alternative forms

• crowd, cruth, crowth, crouth

Etymology

From earlier crowd, from Middle English crowde, reinforced by and cognate to Welsh crwth; ultimately from Proto-Celtic *kruttos (“round thing”).

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /kɹuθ/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /kɹuːθ/

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• Rhymes: -uːθ

Noun

crwth (plural crwths)

1. (historical) An archaic stringed instrument associated particularly with Wales, though once played widely in Europe, and characterized by a vaulted back and enough space for the player to stop each of the six strings on the fingerboard. Played variously by plucking or bowing.
   • 1895, John Frederick Rowbotham, The Troubadours and Courts of Love:

     We find in one period crwths, with the strings twanged with the right hand, and stopped above with the left, being held as we hold a violoncello to-day, but being small, on the lap.

Synonyms

• chrotta
• rote

Derived terms

• crowder
• Crowder (surname)

Translations

archaic stringed instrument

Armenian: քրոթ (kʻrotʻ) Breton: krouzh French: crwth (fr) m, crouth (fr) m, rote (fr) f German: Crwth (de) f Irish: cruit (ga) f Italian: crotta f Marathi: क्रुथ (kruth) Middle English: crowde Russian: кро́та (ru) f (króta) Spanish: crota (es) f Welsh: crwth

See also

• Appendix:Glossary of chordophones

References

• 1910, The Encyclopædia Britannica, page 513