The name is related to the modern Welsh word gof ( blacksmith ), and so is also associated with the Welsh smith Gofannon from folklore.

Kenneth Jackson concludes, based on later development of Welsh and Irish, that it derives from the Proto-Celtic feminine adjective * boudīka, " victorious ", derived from the Celtic word * bouda, " victory " ( cf.

The bushy tail is also the source of the word for fox in Welsh: llwynog, from llwyn, " bush, grove ".

The Welsh word for honeymoon is mis mêl, which translates as " honey month ", and similarly the Ukrainian ( Медовий місяць ), Polish ( miesiąc miodowy ), Russian ( Медовый месяц ), Arabic ( شهر العسل shahr el ' assal ), Greek ( μήνας του μέλιτος ) and Hebrew ( ירח דבש yerach d ' vash ) versions.

The word is derived from the Welsh cist ( chest ) and maen ( stone ).

It is cognate with the Manx logh and the now obsolete Welsh word for lake, llwch.

There have also been attempts by modern writers to link the Morrígan with the Welsh literary figure Morgan le Fay from Arthurian romance, in whose name ' mor ' may derive from a Welsh word for ' sea ', but the names are derived from different cultures and branches of the Celtic linguistic tree.

Scholars such as Rosalind Clark hold that the names are unrelated, the Welsh " Morgan " ( Wales being the source of Arthurian legend ) being derived from root words associated with the sea, while the Irish " Morrígan " has its roots either in a word for " terror " or a word for " greatness ".

Another Welsh version of the name is " Mihangel ", which is a contracted combination of the name Michael and the word angel.

" The base word is Scottish / Irish cruth, Welsh pryd, " form.

Orel ( 2003 ) tentatively attaches plough to a PIE stem * blōkó -, which gave Armenian peɫem " to dig " and Welsh bwlch " crack ", though the word may not be of IE origin.

Their Old English name gave the modern Scots form Pechts and the Welsh word Fichti.

Some claim " Friar's Heel " is a corruption of " Freyja's He-ol " from the Nordic goddess Freyja and the Welsh word for track.

Sasanach, the Irish-language word for an Englishman, has the same derivation, as do the words used in Welsh to describe the English people ( Saeson, sing.

The word tor ( Cornish tor, Old Welsh twrr, Modern Welsh tŵr, Scots Gaelic tòrr ), meaning hill, is notable for being one of the very few Celtic loanwords to be borrowed into vernacular English before the modern era – such borrowings are mainly words of a geographic or topographical nature.

Similar words include crag ( from the Welsh word craig, meaning " rock ") and avon ( from the Welsh word afon, meaning " river ").

The word is Gothic for " good ", implying the " good or worthy people ", related to Gothic iusiza " better " and a reflex of Indo-European * wesu " good ", akin to Welsh gwiw " excellent ", Greek eus " good ", Sanskrit vásu-ş " id .".

Castle Square, commonly referred to as the ' Maes ' by both Welsh and English speakers, is the market square of the town.

The Battle of Maserfield ( or Maserfeld, " marsh ( border ) field "; Welsh: Maes Cogwy ), was fought on 5 August 641 or 642, between the Anglo-Saxon kings Oswald of Northumbria and Penda of Mercia, ending in Oswald's defeat, death, and dismemberment.

Schiltron-like formations were also used by the Welsh troops at the battles of Orewin Bridge ( 1282 ) and Maes Moydog ( 1295 ), although this tactic was generally unsuccessful for the Welsh.

The knights were ordered to withdraw and Edward prepared to employ the tactics that the Earl of Warwick had used to defeat the Welsh spearmen at the Battle of Maes Moydog in 1295.

Primary schools in Flint include the Gwynedd School, Cornist Park School, Ysgol Croes Atti ( Welsh Medium ), St Mary's Catholic Primary School and Ysgol Maes Hyfryd.

It is adjoined by the only Welsh language secondary school in Flintshire, Ysgol Maes Garmon.

* Rhys Ifans, actor who appeared in the films Notting Hill, The 51st State and Kevin & Perry Go Large, attended Mold's Welsh speaking high school, Maes Garmon.

The Welsh Triads attribute the introduction of brewing grains barley and wheat to Coll, and name Llonion in Pembrokeshire as the source of the best barley, while Maes Gwenith in Gwent produces superior wheat and bees.

Following its recent re-opening with a new name ( the station was known as " Rhoose " before it closed in 1964 ), this station now holds the distinction of having the longest name for a station as recognised by National Rail in the UK, in both English ( 33 letters, excluding spaces ) and Welsh ( Maes Awyr Rhyngwladol Caerdydd Y Rhws — 28 letters, as dd, ng and rh are single letters in Welsh ).

* Ysgol Maes Garmon ( Welsh language school ), Mold

The field where the battle is believed to have taken place, close to Kidwelly Castle and north of the town, is known as Maes Gwenllian ( Welsh, meaning ' Field of Gwenllian ').

The 21 consonant letters in the English alphabet are B, C, D, F, G, H, J, K, L, M, N, P, Q, R, S, T, V, X, Z, and usually W and Y: The letter Y stands for the consonant in " yoke ", the vowel in " myth " and the vowel in " funny ", and " yummy " for both consonant and vowel, for examples ; W almost always represents a consonant except in rare words ( mostly loanwords from Welsh ) like " crwth " " cwm ".

Dylan Marlais Thomas ( 27 October 1914 – 9 November 1953 ) was a Welsh poet and writer whose works include the poems, " Do not go gentle into that good night ", " And death shall have no dominion ", the " play for voices ", Under Milk Wood, and stories and radio broadcasts such as A Child's Christmas in Wales and Portrait of the Artist as a Young Dog.

Critics have explored the connection between the creation of Thomas ' mythological pasts into his works such as " The Orchards ", which Ann Elizabeth Mayer believes reflects the Welsh myths of the Mabinogion.

The likeliest theory so far proposed is that it comes from a Gaulish compound of * ger " near " + * mani " men ", comparable to Welsh ger " near " ( prep.

" It may be derived from the Welsh pen gwyn " white head ", although the etymology is debated.

In the year 473, the final entry in the Chronicle mentioning Hengist or Horsa, Hengist and Esc are recorded as having fought " the Welsh ", having taken " immense booty " and the Welsh having " fled from the English like fire ".

Since Imbolc is immediately followed ( on 2 February ) by Candlemas ( Irish Lá Fhéile Muire na gCoinneal " feast day of Mary of the Candles ", Welsh Gŵyl Fair y Canhwyllau ), Irish imbolc is sometimes rendered as " Candlemas " in English translation ; e. g. iar n-imbulc, ba garb a ngeilt translated as " after Candlemas, rough was their herding ".

So, for example, the 16th-century humanist scholar Polydore Vergil famously rejected the claim that Arthur was the ruler of a post-Roman empire, found throughout the post-Galfridian medieval " chronicle tradition ", to the horror of Welsh and English antiquarians.

Owain's " Pennal Letter ", in which he promised Charles VI of France and Avignon Pope Benedict XIII to shift the allegiance of the Welsh Church from Rome to Avignon, produced no effect due to the commitment of his senior aides to the conflict.

" Britain " is most like Welsh Ynys Prydein, " the island of Britain ", in which is a P-Celtic allophone of Q-Celtic Cruithne in Irish Cruithen-tuath, " land of the Picts.

He usually used the title " Proprietary Prince of Deheubarth " or " Prince of South Wales ", but two documents have been preserved in which he uses the title " Prince of Wales " or " Prince of the Welsh ".

Other examples are the Welsh Saesneg ( the English language ), Irish Sasana ( England ), Breton saoz ( on ) ( English, saozneg " the English language ", Bro-saoz " England "), and Cornish Sowson ( English people ) and Sowsnek ( English language ), as in the famous My ny vynnav kows Sowsnek!

The Doctor attempts to repair the circuit in " Logopolis " and " Attack of the Cybermen ", but the successful transformation of the TARDIS into the shapes of a pipe organ, a painted Welsh dresser ( much to the amusement of Perpurgilliam " Peri " Brown and the Sixth Doctor's annoyance ) and an elaborate gateway in the latter serial was followed by a return to the police box shape.

Furthermore a 1960 episode of Danger Man, " View from the Villa ", had exteriors filmed in Portmeirion, a Welsh resort village that struck McGoohan as a good location for future projects.