Old English wealhstod, 'translator/interpreter' is interesting; contains wealh, 'Briton etc' http://www.bosworthtoller.com/034781 pic.twitter.com/PkQHpp0h4P
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Old English wealhstod, 'translator/interpreter' is interesting; contains wealh, 'Briton etc' http://www.bosworthtoller.com/034781 pic.twitter.com/PkQHpp0h4P
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 …
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
Intriguingly, gets borrowed into Welsh! King Arthur's interpreter in Culhwch is named 'Gwrhyr Gwalstawd Ieithoedd'='wealhstod of languages'!
Wealhstod/gwalstawd not just used in Welsh legends e.g. in medieval & early modern eras is a 'Walstottus' of commote of Widigada & Elfed...
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 … :)
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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