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Origin of the name GWALCHMAI.
Etymology of the name GWALCHMAI.
Meaning of the baby name GWALCHMAI.
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GWALCHMAI. Arthurian.
An ancient
Welsh form of Gawain (q.v.), meaning "hawk of
battle,"
from gwalch "hawk" and maedd, "a blow." (History
of Christian Names, Yonge, 1884)
Gwalchmai ap Gwyar.—This
ancient British name, Gwalchmai, which signifies the Hawk of Battle,
is in the French Romances changed into the not very similar form of
Gawain, having first been Latinized into Walganus and
Walweyn. In
the Triads, he is mentioned in the following manner:—
"There were three golden-tongued Knights in the
Court of Arthur: Gwalchmai the son of Gwyar; Drudwas the son of
Tryffin, and Eliwlod the son of Madog ap Uthur. For there was
neither King, nor Earl, nor Lord, to whom these came, but would listen
to them before all others; and whatever request they made, it would be
granted them, whether willingly or unwillingly; and thence were they
called the Golden Tongued." (Mabinogion, Guest, 1910)
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