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cantref

cantref noun: a mediaeval land division in Wales.

cantref: a mediaeval land division in Wales
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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 cantref

pluralcantrefs
pluralcantrefi
alternative formcantred
alternative formcantrev

Origin of cantref

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

Questions about cantref

What does cantref mean?
Cantref means a mediaeval land division in Wales.
What part of speech is cantref?
Cantref is a noun.
What is the plural of cantref?
The plural of cantref is cantrefs.

Words near cantref in the dictionary

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

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