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wealhs

wealhs is the plural of wealh.

Meaning of wealh

Noun

wealh (plural wealhs)

  1. (historical) In Anglo-Saxon England, a speaker of a Brythonic language, especially Welsh.
    • It is possible that the services on the royal manors, of which Seebohm gives one instance even in the very Saxon Hampshire, may have been heavier than the average of manors held by eorls or thanes. If so, the tenantry on the former may have been in larger proportion wealhs.1885, John Beddoe, The Races of Britain: A Contribution to the Anthropology of Western Europe, Bristol: J. W. Arrowsmith, […]; London: Trübner and Co., […], pages 61–62

Questions about wealhs

What is wealhs the plural of?
Wealhs is the plural of wealh.

Words near wealhs in the dictionary

  1. weale
  2. wealed
  3. weales
  4. wealful
  5. wealh
  6. wealhs
  7. wealing
  8. weally
  9. wealpublic
  10. weals
  11. wealsman

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