Fwiw, Welsh use of this term after it seems to have dropped out of use in English is especially intriguing, partic given its etymology! :)
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Welsh MS image in post from https://www.llgc.org.uk/?id=256 Reads 'Gwrhyr Gwalstawd [=wealhstod] Ieithoedd—he knew all languages', from Culhwch :)
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A later medieval Welsh use of gwalstot (< OE wealhstod) as an office, from 1 November 1399: http://sdrc.lib.uiowa.edu/patentrolls/h4v1/body/Henry4vol1page0139.pdf …pic.twitter.com/4bvF3adcuc
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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/TnqzYiGHOI
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Margaret Faull's section on OE wealhstod from her 'The Semantic Development of Old English wealh' (1975): http://digital.library.leeds.ac.uk/133/1/LSE1975_pp20-44_Faull_article.pdf …pic.twitter.com/esVUFLBUbH
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@caitlinrgreen thank you Dr Green for that wonderful short distraction from my studies! I needed something like that -
@T3_Stephen My pleasure, glad it distracted sufficiently! :)
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@caitlinrgreen Flicking thru this year's Kalamazoo programme I see you're not alone in being interested in wealhstodpic.twitter.com/DeCByBREKd
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@SurreyMedieval It's a great word! Would be interested to know what they think!
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@caitlinrgreen much enjoyed this fascinating blog. Thank you! I would love to know British term for such an interpreter in Roman period! -
@BronwenRiley thanks! :) And, yes, would be interesting to know!
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Ooh, ta ever so
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@caitlinrgreen interesting to read it.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@caitlinrgreen the word does lend itself very well to being "Cambrified"!Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@caitlinrgreen another great article, I will use it to ask you something related to the demographic composition of Black Sea Anglo-Saxons.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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Any more links to articles by you or others on acculturarion between Britons & Anglo-Saxons that you could recommend?
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Also reminds us that those who claim they are native English should claim to be Briton!
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