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noun
A Welsh mythological tale; sometimes extended to include similar tales of medieval European traditions.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: singular
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noun
Such tales considered collectively, especially the main sequence of four tales written in Middle Welsh, more commonly known as the Mabinogion or the Four Branches of the Mabinogi.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: plural
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History
Originally arising through erroneous interpretations of Middle Welsh terms; the scribal error mabynnogyon being construed as the plural for Welsh mabinogi, which is already plural. See citation 1887 below. More information at Mabinogion.
