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medieval Irish as fáith "prophet, seer". Less directly, it is
related to
gwawd "panegyric" in Welsh.
Celtic wātis is
widely thought to have
cognates in...
- ("Talhaearn
Father of the Muse"), Aneirin, Blwchfardd, and Cian
Gwenith Gwawd ("Cian
Wheat of Song"), in the
Historia Brittonum, and is also mentioned...
- of Yorkshire. He may also be kin to
another Brythonic poet, Cian
Gwenith Gwawd. Aneirin's
patrons were the
noble Urien and his son, Owain.
Owain was slain...
- *weh2-ti- ('prophet'). See vates. *wātus 'poetic inspiration' – OIr. fáth MW
gwawd From PIE *weh2-tu- ('prophesy'). *weletos 'seer' Gaul.
uelets OIr. filed...
