AMDAWD-Raiment. "He was the stately Owain, sure pledge of baptism, Gwalchmai, 1150-1190. AMDE-A covering. It seems to have been a mark of honour; for Taliesin thus alludes to it : "He that knows the ingenious art Which is hid by the discreet ovate, When he ascends from the gate." And elsewhere he represents the prince of Rheged as "The chief of men, and the amde of warriors." AMDO-A covering on all sides. It commonly signifies a shroud or winding-sheet. AMDORCH-An encircling wreath. AMDRWS-A garment that covers all round, from "trws," a trouse. AMGLWM-A clasper. AMLAW-A glove. "A steel amlaw round the shaft of his dart." Lewis Mon, 1480-1520. AMORCHUDDA cover on all sides. AMRWYM-A bandage. AMWE-A selvedge, or skirting. AMWISG-A covering; it commonly signifies a shroud. "The gallant chief, not unconspicuous Was his steel amwisg, among the brave." ARCHEN-A shoe. D. ab Edmund, A.D. 1450. "In the month of December dirty is the archen, Heavy is the ground-the sun seems drowsy.” Aneurin, 510-560. ARCHENAD-The same as the preceding. "In the month of May, Merry is the old man without archenad." Aneurin. From this extract it appears that our ancestors occasionally, in the summer at least, went about without shoes. In the Laws of Hywel Dda, it is decreed that the chamber-maid of the palace should have, amongst other things, the queen's old archenad. The same laws provide, moreover, that the watchman and the woodman should be supplied respectively with archenad at the king's expense. Kilhwch, one of the heroes of the Mabinogion, is described as having "precious gold, of the value of three hundred kine, upon his archenad, and upon his stirrups, from his knee to the tip of his toe." ARCHRE-Raiment; clothes. ARCHRO-Clothes; dress. ARF-A weapon. "There are three lawful arfau: a sword, a spear, and a bow with twelve arrows in a quiver. And every man of family is required to have them ready, with a view to withstand any invasion which may be caused by the forces of the border country, or of aliens, and other depredators. And arfau are not to be allowed to any one who is not a native Cymro, or an alien in the third degree, for the purpose of preventing treason and waylaying.-Laws of Dyfnwal Moelmud, B.C. 430. ARFEILYN Sashoons, a kind of leather bandages for the small of the leg, used for preserving boots from wrinkling. ARFWLL-The name of the sword of Trystan, a chieftain of the sixth century. ARGLWYDDWIALEN-A rod of dominion; a sceptre. Hence a feme covert is said in the Welsh Laws to be under a "matrimonial arglwyddwialen." ARLEN-A covering veil. ARLOST-The stock or shaft of a weapon; the butt end. "The knight passed the arlost of his lance through the bridle rein of my horse."-Lady of the Fountain, p. 49. AROLO-A covering, or a shroud. "I also hastened with arolooedd (shrouds) for the Angles; Lamentations were in Lloegria along the path of my hand.” Gwalchmai, 1150-1190. ARWISG-Upper garment. ARWYDD-An ensign, banner, or colours; a tabard; Arm. "Argoedd." Hywel Foel, 1240-1280, describes Owain Goch's colours as of fine linen, “bliant arwyddion." In the "Dream of Rhonabwy" we read of a troop of men having “arwyddion (banners) which were pure white with black points." And in "The Lady of the Fountain," a knight is introduced with an "arwydd (a tabard) of black linen about him." ARWYLWISG-Mourning dress. ASAFAR-A shield, or buckler. "There were asafeiriaid (shield bearers) and infantry innumerable.”—H. Car. Mag.-Mabinogion. ASANT-A shield. ASETH-A kind of small darting spear. ATTUDD-A second cover, or casing. B. BALAWG-The tongue of a buckle; a fibula; the flap of the breeches; an apron. In the "Mabinogi" of H. Peredur we read of "a knight bearing the armorial badge of a balawg (a fibula)." Likewise, in the "Dream of Rhonabwy," a knight is described as having on his belt "a clasp of ivory, with a balawg of jet black upon the clasp;" another, as having "a jet black balawg upon a buckle formed of the bone of the sea-horse;" and a third, as having "a balawg of yellow gold upon a clasp made of the eyelid of a black sea-horse.' BANER, or BANIAR, from ban, (high or aloft)—A banner or ensign, on which the chieftain's arms were emblazoned. "When the generous of the line of Llewelyn comes, With his baner of red and of yellow, Eager to destroy and to conquer, He shall in truth possess the border land of Cynfyn.” Goronwy Ddu, 1320-1370. The Herbert banner is thus described by Lewis Glyn Cothi, 1430-1470: "Three lions argent are upon his baner, The banner was sometimes hoisted on a proper staff called manawyd, mentioned in the "Gododin," and sometimes also on a lance called paladr, as we find in the "Dream of Rhonabwy.' وو 1 I. e., red or gules. BANGAW-The bandage of honour. BARDDGWCCWLL-A hood of sky blue, which the privileged Bard wore on all occasions that he officiated, as a graduated badge or literary ornament. This habit was borrowed from the British Bards by the Druids of Gaul, and from them by the Romans, who called it Bardocucullus or the Bard's Cowl.-(See James' Patriarchal Religion, &c., p. 75.) "Gallia Santonico vestit te bardocucullo, BARF-A beard. 66 Mart., 14, 128. The Ancient Britons are said to have worn their beard on the upper lip only. The barf was looked upon as a sign of manliness, hence Llywarch Hen observes, Cynddylan, thou comely son of Cyndrwyn, It is not proper that a barf should be worn round the nose By a man who was no better than a maid." Elegy on Cynddylan ab Cyndrwyn. And of such importance was it to preserve the honour of the beard, that "to wish disgrace upon his barf" was one of the three causes for which the Welsh Laws empowered a man to inflict personal castigation upon his wife. Llywarch Hen thus alludes to the disgrace of beards : "When God separates from man, When the young separates from the old, Forgive to the flyer the disgrace of barfau." BARFLE-The crest of a helmet, or beaver. "And behold Gwrlas, prince of Cornwall, with his legion. drawing near to them, and dispersing the Saxons; and what |