Three men named Walhstod/Wealhstod who lived in the 7th and 8th centuries: http://www.pase.ac.uk/pdb?dosp=VIEW_RECORDS&st=PERSON_NAME&value=420&level=1&lbl=Wealhstod …
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1 of these=Bishop of Hereford c.727-36, which is also interesting! "Wealhstod is bishop of the people who dwell west of the Severn", HE v.23
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Intriguingly, gets borrowed into Welsh! King Arthur's interpreter in Culhwch is named 'Gwrhyr Gwalstawd Ieithoedd'='wealhstod of languages'!
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Wealhstod/gwalstawd not just used in Welsh legends e.g. in medieval & early modern eras is a 'Walstottus' of commote of Widigada & Elfed...
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The Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru has further details of the Welsh use+development of gwalstawd/gwalstod here: http://welsh-dictionary.ac.uk/gpc/gpc.html?gwalstawd … :)
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Finally, J.R.R. Tolkien on the meaning+origins of OE wealhstod from his "English and Welsh": http://faculty.smu.edu/bwheeler/tolkien/online_reader/T-English&Welsh.PDF …pic.twitter.com/0hFE2bOapE
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@caitlinrgreen Thank you: your posts are always insightful and intriguing! -
@AndersEnsei Thank you, very kind of you to say :)
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@caitlinrgreen@DrSueOosthuizen Well I lived near Waltheof Road! An old Bishop. Was he anything to do with it? -
@Tweets2CV@DrSueOosthuizen Alas, unrelated I fear, but still a great road-name! :)
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@caitlinrgreen Too funny as I was just thinking/learning about the "wal" in "walnut" being the same wealh- word! -
@STORI3D_PAST Ah, indeed! IIRC, sense there is 'Roman', insofar as came via that area, cf. Wala ric for Roman Empire? -
@caitlinrgreen That squares nicely with what I was learning - big history in a little word :)
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@caitlinrgreen I love Old English. Terrible at pronouncing it, but I love it anyway :)Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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