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tawlfwrdd

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Welsh

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From tawl (a throw; interruption) +‎ bwrdd (table; board).

Noun

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tawlfwrdd m (plural tawlfyrddau)

  1. (historical) throwboard, a variant of the game tafl played on an 11×11 board in medieval Wales
    • The Welsh Laws
      Tawlfwrdd chweugaint a dal ac fal hyn y rhenir: triugaint ar y werin wynion a thriugaint ar y brenin a'i werin.
      A throwboard's value is six score pence and is thus proportioned: three score on the white men and three score on the king and his men.

Mutation

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Mutated forms of tawlfwrdd
radical soft nasal aspirate
tawlfwrdd dawlfwrdd nhawlfwrdd thawlfwrdd

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