Date
Name Gwenwledyr
Gender Feminine
Usage Welsh Mythology
Other Forms FormsGwenledyr, Gwledyr
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Meaning & History
The first element is Welsh #gwen# "fair, white, blessed"; the second element, #gwledyr#, is uncertain. In the tale of Culhwch and Olwen (which appears in the Mabinogion, a collection of tales from Welsh myth), Gwenwledyr was a lady who lived at ARTHUR's court, the daughter of Gwawrddur the Hunchback and sister of three of Arthur's warriors: Duach, Brathach and Nerthach.