maer biswail

Welsh

Etymology

From maer (“mayor”) + buwch (“cow”) + tail (“shit, dung”)[1]

Noun

maer biswail m (plural meiri biswail)

  1. (historical) the official charged with administering the king's cattle in medieval Wales

Mutation
Welsh mutation
radical soft nasal aspirate
maer biswail faer biswail unchanged unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References
  1. Wade-Evans, Arthur. Welsh Medieval Law. Oxford Univ., 1909. Accessed 1 Feb 2013.
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