ENGLYN


Meaning of ENGLYN in English

ˈeŋlə̇n noun

( plural englyns -nz ; also englyn·ion eŋˈlinˌyȯn)

Etymology: Welsh

: a usually epigrammatic quatrain in Welsh poetry consisting of 30 syllables in lines of 10, 6, 7, and 7 syllables, the last three lines rhyming usually with the 6th syllable of the first line whose final syllable has no rhyme

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