Caerussalem

Middle Welsh

Alternative forms

• Caersalem, Caerusalem, Kaerussalem, Karussalem, Kaeruselem, Kaersalem

Etymology

Internationalism. Phono-semantic matching of Ecclesiastical Latin Ierusalem.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /keɨ̯ru̯ˈsalɛm/

Proper noun

Caerussalem f

1. Jerusalem (A city in the Holy Land between the Mediterranean Sea and Dead Sea, holy in Judaism, Christianity and Islam; the claimed capital cities of both Israel and Palestine).

Mutation

Mutated forms of Caerussalem

radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
Caerussalem	Gaerussalem	Nghaerussalem	Chaerussalem

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

• Ystoria Adaf National Library of Wales MS (Llanstephan 27, f. 82v, I. I). "Sef oed honno gỽlat gaerussalem."
• Jones [Myvyr], Owen [Owain]; Williams [Morganwg], Edward [Iolo]; Owen Pughe [Owain Meirion], William [Gwilym], eds. (1801). "Brut y Tywysogion". The Myvyrian Archaiology of Wales: Being a Collection of Historical Documents from Ancient Manuscripts (in Welsh). Vol. II. London. p. 438
• Perry, John Jay (1937) Brut y Brenhinedd Cotton Cleopatra Version. The Mediaeval Academy of America Publication No. 27. Cambridge, Massachusetts.
• Stephenson, David (2011) Jewish presence in, and absence from, Wales in the twelfth and thirteenth centuries Jewish Historical Studies. Vol. 43: p. 19 JSTOR 29780142. "deuth y Sarascinyeit a'r Idewon i Gaerussalem, gann duyn y Groc gantunt'" [the Saracens and the Jews came to Jerusalem, carrying off the cross with them]