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cantred

cantred is the alternative form of cantref.

Meaning of cantref

Noun

cantref (plural cantrefs or cantrefi)

  1. A mediaeval land division in Wales.
    • The foresitter of a cantref, namely the footholder, gives a vat of bragget to the king each year.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

Forms of cantred

pluralcantreds

Origin of cantred

From Welsh cantref, possibly under influence from -red.

Questions about cantred

What is cantred the alternative form of?
Cantred is the alternative form of cantref.

Words near cantred in the dictionary

  1. Cantrall
  2. Cantralls
  3. cantrap
  4. cantraps
  5. Cantre'r Gwaelod
  6. cantred
  7. cantreds
  8. cantref
  9. cantrefi
  10. cantrefs
  11. Cantrell

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