Re: Dydda - Welsh? + Byrla/ Baerla - Old English
by kynaston (guest)
4/9/2005, 1:20 AM
I'm pretty sure Dydda is Welsh and if it is it probably means "day" from the Welsh 'dydd'. The Welsh pronunciation of 'y' in a word is like 'u' which would explain why the name is sometimes found as Dudda.
I will come back to you on Byrla/Baerlan in a minute. :)