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' One of the rare merits of our Welsh bards is their habit of assuming permanent noms de plume, by means of which they prevent a number of excellent native names from falling into utter oblivion in th

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' One of the rare merits of our Welsh bards is their habit of assuming permanent noms de plume, by means of which they prevent a number of excellent native names from falling into utter oblivion in th (Celtic Folklore: Welsh and Manx, Celtic Folklore: Welsh and Manx > Volume I > Chapter I: Undine's Kymric Sisters)

Here we have the Welsh counterpart of the ben side, pronounced banshee in Anglo-Irish, and meaning a fairy woman who is supposed to appear to certain Irish families before deaths or other misfortunes (Celtic Folklore: Welsh and Manx, Celtic Folklore: Welsh and Manx > Volume II > Chapter VII: Triumphs of the Water-world)

Celtic Folklore: Welsh and Manx

  • attestation: ' One of the rare merits of our Welsh bards is their habit of assuming permanent noms de plume, by means of which they prevent a number of excellent native names from falling into utter oblivion in th (Celtic Folklore: Welsh and Manx > Volume I > Chapter I: Undine's Kymric Sisters)

    "' One of the rare merits of our Welsh bards is their habit of assuming permanent noms de plume, by means of which they prevent a number of excellent native names from falling into utter oblivion in the general chaos of Anglo-Hebrew ones, such as Jones, Davies, and Williams, which cover the Principality."

  • attribution: • My attention has also been called .ofreit,frete,freet,fret, ' news, inquiry, augury,' corresponding to Anglo-Saxon /feA/, • divination (Celtic Folklore: Welsh and Manx > Volume I > Chapter I: Undine's Kymric Sisters)

    "• My attention has also been called .ofreit,frete,freet,fret, ' news, inquiry, augury,' corresponding to Anglo-Saxon /feA/, • divination.'"

  • attestation: Here we have the Welsh counterpart of the ben side, pronounced banshee in Anglo-Irish, and meaning a fairy woman who is supposed to appear to certain Irish families before deaths or other misfortunes (Celtic Folklore: Welsh and Manx > Volume II > Chapter VII: Triumphs of the Water-world)

    "Here we have the Welsh counterpart of the ben side, pronounced banshee in Anglo-Irish, and meaning a fairy woman who is supposed to appear to certain Irish families before deaths or other misfortunes about to befall them."

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