ffrwyn

Inherited from Middle Welsh frwyn, from Old Welsh fruinn and Proto-Brythonic *fruɨn, a borrowing from Latin frēnum.

ffrwyn f (plural ffrwynau or ffrwyni, not mutable)

1. bridle

• di-ffrwyn (“unbridled”)
• ffrwyn ddall, ffrwyn dywyll (“blinkers, bridle with blinkers”)
• ffrwyn olau (“bridle without blinkers”)
• ffrwyno (“to bridle”)
• ffrwynog (“bridled”)
• penffrwyn (“headstall”)

• Griffiths, Bruce; Glyn Jones, Dafydd (1995), “bridle”, in Geiriadur yr Academi: The Welsh Academy English–Welsh Dictionary‎^[1], Cardiff: University of Wales Press, →ISBN
• D. G. Lewis, N. Lewis, editors (2005–present), “ffrwyn”, in Gweiadur: the Welsh–English Dictionary, Gwerin
• R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “ffrwyn”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies