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cantrefs

cantrefs 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 cantrefs

What is cantrefs the plural of?
Cantrefs is the plural of cantref.

Words near cantrefs in the dictionary

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

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