Nynniaw

Gender Masculine
Usage Old Welsh

Meaning & History

Probably a Welsh form of *Ninniau (see Ninian). This form is used for Nennius in Brut y Brenhinedd [1], the Middle Welsh translation of the 12th-century Latin chronicles of Geoffrey of Monmouth. The name also appears in the Welsh tale Culhwch and Olwen belonging to a man who is transformed into an ox [2].

Categories

princes, uncertain etymology

Sources & References

  1. Page at https://www.ancienttexts.org/library/celtic/ctexts/tysillo.html.
  2. Page at https://www.ancienttexts.org/library/celtic/ctexts/culhwch2.html.
Entry updated January 21, 2022