Coming Soon: PERHAPS NOT A BASKET CASE?: HOW THE 'PEN KAWELL'/'CEAWLIN' IDENTIFICATION MAY WORK AFTER ALL

'pen kawell' in the MARWNAT VTHYR PEN

Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru:

cawell

[bnth. Llad. Diw. cauella, Crn. cawel, cawal, H. Lyd. cauell, gl. cofinus]

eg. ll. cewyll, cawellau, cawelli.

a  Llestr (yn aml wedi ei blethu o wiail) at ddal neu gludo pethau, basged, panier; crud; math o lestr gwiail at ddal pysgod, &c., caets; cas i ddal saethau; ffig. bol, brest:

basket, pannier; cradle; fish-trap, creel, cage; quiver; fig. belly, breast. 

Bosworth and Toller:

ceawl

Noun [ masculine ]

 

a basket; cophinus,Mt. Lind. Stv. 14, 20: Mk. Skt. Lind. 6, 43.

Similar entries

v. cawl.

cawl

Noun [ masculine ]

 

cawl, caul, ceawl, ceaul, es; m. A basket; sporta, corbis, cophĭnus = κόφινος

Linked entries

v.  caul ceaol ceawl cel ceofl ceol ceoul ceowl cewl.

The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle: A Revised Translation Edited by Dorothy Whitelock:

560 (559 F) In this year Ceawlin succeeded to the kingdom in Wessex