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Olwen
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English
Etymology
From en cy Olwen.
Pronunciation
en /ˈɒlwɛn/
Proper noun
en female Welsh from Welsh legend, specifically The Mabinogion.
en 1994 w:Robertson Davies The Cunning Man Viking 1995 0670859117 her daughter, posthumous child of Gil, to my astonishment christened in St. Aidan's with the name Marion (given by her godmother, a broadcaster friend of Esme) and Olwen (given by me as godfather, who thought Nuala's granddaughter should have a good Celtic name to sustain her through life). To my surprise and pleasure, it was Olwen that Esme chose to use when speaking of, and to, the baby - though she showed an unhappy tendency to shorten it to Ollie, in spite of my protests that this brought to mind not a stately princess, but the fat man in the Laurel and Hardy comedy series.
Anagrams
en elnow Enlow lowen lowne nowel
Welsh
Etymology
cy ôl footprint gwen white, fair.
Pronunciation
cy /ˈɔlwɛn/
Proper noun
cy female from Welsh legend, specifically The Mabinogion
Derived terms
cy Llwybr Olwen the Milky Way
cy meillion Olwen white clover
cy moled Olwen cuckooflower; great bindweed