- and "Welsh"
derive from the same Old
English root (singular Wealh,
plural Wēalas), a
descendant of Proto-Germanic **Walhaz,
which was
itself derived from...
- name
Wallington probably means 'settlement of the Welsh' (or Britons) –
Weala-tun /
Walintone (Old English) and not 'walled town' as
might be inferred...
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invaders or
settlers called the old
inhabitants or
aborigines of this
country wealas, or foreigners." See also, "Welsh" in Simpson, Jacqueline; Roud, Stephen...
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corrected to 825 AD): "Her waes
Weala gefeoht Defna aet Gafulford". A
translation is: "there was a
fight between the
Weala and the
Defna at Gafulford". The...
-
Chronicle states that in 825 (adjusted date) a
battle took
place between the
Wealas (Cornish) and the
Defnas (men of Devon) at Gafulforda. The
Cornish giving...
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either Britons in
particular or, in some contexts, slaves. The
plural form
Wēalas evolved into the name for
their territory, Wales. The
modern names for various...
-
names Cornwall and Cornouaille, like the
surname Cornwallis, are from Corn-
wealas. The
first element is from the name of a
Brythonic tribe Latinized as Cornovii...
- be
applied to a
smaller group of people, and the
plural form of Wealh,
Wēalas,
evolved into the name for the
territory that best
maintained cultural continuity...
- Kirkwall, Heswall, Thingwall, Childwall, Wallasey,
Willaston Derived from
wealas meaning 'foreigners', as was also
applied to the
Celtic people of Wales...
- Anglo-Saxon
settlement of Britain, the Anglo-Saxons
called all
Britons Bryttas or
Wealas (Welsh),
while they
continued to be
called Britanni or
Brittones in Medieval...
