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cantrefi

cantrefi is the plural 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

Questions about cantrefi

What is cantrefi the plural of?
Cantrefi is the plural of cantref.

Words near cantrefi in the dictionary

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

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