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Ebraucus (Welsh: Efrawg/
Efrog) was a
legendary king of the Britons, as
recounted by
Geoffrey of Monmouth. He came to
power in 1040BC. He was the son of...
- of the Old
Norse word for wild boar, 'jǫfurr'. The
modern Welsh name is
Efrog.
After the
Anglian settlement of the
North of England,
Anglian York was...
- 'aflame') York from Ebur-ākon = 'yew tree stand/group' (cognate with
Welsh Efrog, from efwr 'cow parsnip, hogweed' + -og 'abundant in',
Breton evor 'alder...
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etymologically ****ociated with York (the
modern Welsh name for York is
Efrog or Caerefrog,
derived from the
Roman Ebora**** via the
Brythonic Caer Ebrauc...
- Put together,
these old
words meant "place of the yew trees". (In Welsh,
efrog; in Old Irish, iubrach; in
Irish Gaelic, iúrach; and in
Scottish Gaelic...
- of York (Latin: Eburā****; British/Old Welsh: Cair Ebrauc;
Modern Welsh:
Efrog). This may
represent an
epithet that
denoted a
local ****ociation, possibly...
- "belonging to-,
place of-" (compare
Welsh -og)
meaning "place of the yew trees" (
efrog in Welsh, Old
Irish iubrach "grove of yew trees,
place with one or more...
-
Tafia (a play on "Mafia" and "Taffy"),
AmeriCymru and New York Welsh/Cymry
Efrog Newydd. This only
amounts to a few
social groups and some "High Profile"...
- *-āko(n) "having" (cf.
Welsh -og,
Gaelic -ach)
meaning "yew tree place" (cf.
efrog in Welsh, eabhrach/iubhrach in
Irish Gaelic and eabhrach/iobhrach in Scottish...
- neu
Iarlles y
Ffynnon (Owain, or the Lady of the Fountain)
Peredur fab
Efrog (Peredur son of Efrawg)
Geraint ac Enid (Geraint and Enid)
Kenneth Morris...
