cylch

From Middle Welsh kylch, from Old Welsh circhl, from Proto-Brythonic *kɨrxl, borrowed from Latin circulus. Compare Breton kelc'h and Cumbric kelchyn.

• (North Wales) IPA^(key): /kɨ̞lχ/
• (South Wales) IPA^(key): /kɪlχ/
• Rhymes: -ɨ̞lχ

cylch m (plural cylchoedd or cylchau or cylchon or cylchion)

1. circle, ring
   1. compass, scope, range
   2. circumference
   3. environs, surroundings, precincts
   4. (geography) zone
   5. zone, belt
   6. chaplet, diadem
   7. barrel-hoop; rim of wheel
   8. hoop of petticoat
   9. child's hoop
   10. (mathematics) circle; space enclosed within it
   11. (figuratively) social circle; set of people, etc., class
2. orbit, revolution, circuit tour
   1. period, cycle
   2. halo
   3. journey round about a field (in mowing, ploughing, etc.)
3. course, order, turn (in order of succession), rota; rotation (especially of crops); round of 'penillion' singing
4. progress (in the Welsh laws) made by the king himself (originally) or by a lord, together with some members and officers of the court, through the commote, etc., during which free quarters were provided
   1. later this system of free quartering was replaced by food dued which were further commuted into tributes and money payments
   2. judicial circuit
   3. district through which a judge makes his circuit
5. group, guild, society

• R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “cylch”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies