Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

englyn

/ˈɛŋ.lɪn/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: eng-lyn
IPA: /ˈɛŋ.lɪn/

10

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

2

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A short Welsh or Cornish poem of a variable structure, with each line using quantitative metre and cynghanedd (a repeating pattern of consonants and accent), and different lines being arranged in standardized patterns of rhyme and half rhyme.

Example Sentences

"The concluding Englyn has written below it, in a very bad and quite different hand, "Dauid (or Daniel?) Davies," but whether this name is that of the supposed author of the Englynion, or that of one of the owners of the MS., we cannot say."
"The metrical system of the canine original, which recalls the intricate alliterative and isosyllabic rules of the Welsh englyn, is infinitely more complicated but we believe our readers will agree that the spirit has been well caught."
"The englyn as we know it in Canu Llywarch Hen and Elegy on Cynddylan is characterized by three lines with end rhyme."

Etymology

Borrowed from Welsh englyn.

Inflected Forms

englynion (plural) englyns (plural)

Questions

How do you pronounce englyn?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈɛŋ.lɪn/.
What does englyn mean?: A short Welsh or Cornish poem of a variable structure, with each line using quantitative metre and cynghanedd (a repeating pattern of consonants and accent), and different lines being arranged in standardized patterns of rhyme and half rhyme.
Where does englyn come from?: Borrowed from Welsh englyn.

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