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cantrev

cantrev 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 cantrev

pluralcantrevs

Origin of cantrev

From Middle Welsh cantrev, variant of cantref.

Questions about cantrev

What is cantrev the alternative form of?
Cantrev is the alternative form of cantref.

Words near cantrev in the dictionary

  1. Cantrelle
  2. Cantrelles
  3. Cantrells
  4. cantress
  5. cantresses
  6. cantrev
  7. cantrevs
  8. cantrices
  9. Cantril
  10. Cantril ladder
  11. Cantril ladders

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