1 englyn | Definition of englyn

englyn

noun
eng·​lyn | \ ˈeÅ‹lə̇n\
plural englyns\ -​nz \ also englynion\ eŋˈlinËŒyȯn \

Definition of englyn

: a usually epigrammatic quatrain in Welsh poetry consisting of 30 syllables in lines of 10, 6, 7, and 7 syllables, the last three lines rhyming usually with the 6th syllable of the first line whose final syllable has no rhyme

History and Etymology for englyn

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