Mabinogion

English

Etymology

From Welsh Mabinogi (“instruction for young bards”), coined by the Welsh grammarian William Owen Pughe in 1795. The name originated from mabynnogyon, which occurs at the end of one of the four branches, and is now considered to have been a scribal error, mistaken as the plural for Welsh mabinogi, which is already plural, derived in an unclear manner from mab (“son, boy”).

Pronunciation

  • English (UK) IPA(key): /ˌmæbəˈnoʊɡi.ən/
  • Welsh IPA(key): /mabiˈnɔɡ.jɔn/

Proper noun

the Mabinogion

  1. The earliest prose literature of Britain, compiled in the 12th–13th centuries from earlier oral traditions by medieval Welsh authors.
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