Westwealas

Old English

Etymology

west (“west”) +‎ Wēalas (“Wales”)

Proper noun

Westwēalas m pl

  1. the Welsh of Cornwall
  2. Cornwall
    • The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle
      An. DCCCXIII Hēr Wulfrǣd arċebisċeop mid bletsunge Leon þǣs papan hwearf eft tō his āgnum bisċeopdōme. ⁊ þȳ ġēare ġehergode Eċġbriht cing on Westwēalas frām ēasteweardum ōþ westwearde.
      Year 813 In this year Archbishop Wulfred returned to his own bishopdom with the blessing of Pope Leo [III]. And in that year King Edgebright ravaged Cornwall from the east to the west.
    Synonym: Cornweal

Declension

singular plural
nominative — Westwēalas
accusative — Westwēalas
genitive — Westwēala
dative — Westwēalum

References

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