Welsh Epithets

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Surnames/tags: Wales pre-1500

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This is a list of some of the epithets that were used in pre-1500 profiles. That is not exclusively from that time; even in the 20th century our coal man Albert, was known as Albi Ddu (the Black).

When added to profiles we have chosen to add them as a Middle Name because in early times middle names rarely, if ever, existed in Wales.
Dafydd drwndwn ap Meurig crys halog would have Dafydd as the given name, drwndwn as his Middle Name, ap Meurig as his LNAB, with either ap Meurig crys halog as his Other Last Name or mentioned in the Biography.
His father, Meurig, would have crys halog as his Middle Name.
Capitalisation is unimportant

Epithet		Epithet		Epithet
bach	small	drwndwn	broken nose	llwyd	grey
barf drwch	cut beard	du/ddu	blavk	llyr	sea
barf sych	dry beard	fawr/mawr	great	llyth	feeble
blaidd	wolf	felyn/melyn	yellow	llyw	leader
blaidd rudd	red wolf	frych/brych	freckled	marchog	knight
bongam	crooked legs	fychan/bychan	younger	mawr/fawr	great
bradog	treacherous	garn	cross eyed	melyn/felyn	yellow
brych/frych	freckled	garw	harsh/rough	moel	bald
bychan/fychan	younger	garwyn	white shank	moelyn	bald headed
caled	cruel	gefell	twin	mwyn fawr	wealthy
cam	crooked	genhir	long jaw	peisrudd	red coat
carnhwch	club foot	glas	blue	pendragon	chief dragon
cawr	giant	glew	courageous	pengoch	redhead
cethin	swarthy	gwall thir	long hair	penllyddan	broad head
clafrog	leprous	gwâr	courteous	prydydd	hard
clodrydd	famous	gwefl hwch	hair lip	rhudd	red
cloff	lame	gwyn	white	rhudd baladr	red sword
coch/goch	red wolf	gwrthenau	very thin	Sais	English
coed	wood	gwyddel	Irish	teg fair	handsome
coeg	one eyed	hael	generous	tew	fat
creulon	cruel	hardd	handsome/fair	tremrhudd	red eye
crupl	cripple	hen	old	troed ddu	black foot
cryg	hoarse	hir	tall	trwsgli	awkward
crys halog	dirty shirt	hirflawr	long grey	ynfyd	foolish
da/dda	good	llaw hir	long hand	ysgwyd hir	long shield
danwyn	white tooth	llew	lion	ysgwyd wyn	white shield
gam	lame