Word.ws English Dictionary

korred

korred noun: a long-haired nocturnal and often malevolent mythological creature of Breton and Welsh tradition.

Noun

korred (plural korreds)

  1. A long-haired nocturnal and often malevolent mythological creature of Breton and Welsh tradition.
    • He went up to the Korred and asked permission to take share in their dance.1850, Thomas Keightley, The Fairy Mythology, London: H.G. Bohn, page 439
    • The korreds are supposed to live in the cromlechs, of which they are believed to have been the builders. They dance around them at night, and betide the unhappy peasant who joins them in their roundels.1881, Wirt Sikes, British Goblins, Boston: James R. Osgood and Company, page 381

Forms of korred

pluralkorreds

Origin of korred

From Breton korred, properly plural of korr; see also Welsh corrod, plural of cor. Cognate with Cornish korr.

Questions about korred

What does korred mean?
Korred means a long-haired nocturnal and often malevolent mythological creature of Breton and Welsh tradition.
What part of speech is korred?
Korred is a noun.
What is the plural of korred?
The plural of korred is korreds.

Words near korred in the dictionary

  1. Korphoog
  2. Korpi
  3. Korpis
  4. korr
  5. Korrasami
  6. korred
  7. korreds
  8. korrig
  9. korrigan
  10. korrigans
  11. korrigs

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: korred (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

Last updated:

Cite this entry: “korred.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/korred. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.