tawlfwrdd

Welsh

Alternative forms

• tawlbwrdd
• tawl bwrdd
• tawlbyund

Etymology

From tawl (“a throw; interruption”) +‎ bwrdd (“table; board”).

Noun

tawlfwrdd m (plural tawlfyrddau)

1. (historical) throwboard, a variant of the game tafl played on an 11×11 board in medieval Wales
   • The Welsh Laws

     Tawlfwrdd chweugaint a dal ac fal hyn y rhenir: triugaint ar y werin wynion a thriugaint ar y brenin a'i werin.

     A throwboard's value is six score pence and is thus proportioned: three score on the white men and three score on the king and his men.

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
tawlfwrdd	dawlfwrdd	nhawlfwrdd	thawlfwrdd
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.