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amdo

, am + to.
Searchable Lemmata: amdo (W).
Alternate Forms:

    Definitions and Defining Citations:

1(n.) Garment; shroud. In general, the term refers to a covering sheet.(circa 1250 still in current use)
1. A guede dywedut henne dangos idaw e amdaw ae phalym [GPC B (x 30) circa 1250]
2. Nys canlyn o’e da , a’e diuer – ymdro, / Eithyr y amdo, amdlaυt biner. Poetic. [GPC GBF (441) circa 1250/1299]
c.f.: amwisg, amice, imm-tuigethar
W.
Sex: Male, Female    Ceremonial: No
Body Parts:

    Etymological Evidence:

Definite, from the preposition am 'around' + to 'roof, cover'.
WF: n/a
Etym Cog: imm-tuigethar (Ir).
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