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Old Welsh

Old Welsh proper noun: the Welsh language as it existed from about 800 until the early twelfth century (when it developed into Middle Welsh), not readily intelligible to modern Welsh speakers.

Proper noun

Old Welsh

  1. The Welsh language as it existed from about 800 until the early twelfth century (when it developed into Middle Welsh), not readily intelligible to modern Welsh speakers.

Questions about Old Welsh

What does Old Welsh mean?
Old Welsh means the Welsh language as it existed from about 800 until the early twelfth century (when it developed into Middle Welsh), not readily intelligible to modern Welsh speakers.
What part of speech is Old Welsh?
Old Welsh is a proper noun.

Words near Old Welsh in the dictionary

  1. Old Udi
  2. Old Ukrainian
  3. old use
  4. Old Warden
  5. old web
  6. Old Welsh
  7. Old West
  8. Old West Norse
  9. Old Whittington
  10. old wife
  11. Old Windsor

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