The Welsh in 867 AD

Dirk_Pitt

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Erm, we Cymry are often still a little bitter about the whole thing. It's been 1,500 years, but when we hold a grudge we hold a damn huge one! :cool:

Those damn Saxons then made me sit in the comfy chair!:eek::mad:

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It's argued cymru/cymry gained popularity as a demonym during the Anglo-Saxon invasions/colonisation, but it has it's routes in the Roman Invasion of Britain. It originates from the ancient Brythonic term 'kom-brogos' meaning 'compatriots', and they were likely calling themselves compatriots against some other culture in the region; the Romans/Romano-Britons.

It's likely that all the Britons of 867 AD; from the Southern Scottish and Cumbrians of the North, right through Cyrmu itself down to East Devon and Cornwall; would have called themselves cymru.
 
Erm, we Cymry are often still a little bitter about the whole thing. It's been 1,500 years, but when we hold a grudge we hold a damn huge one! :cool:

Dead right, your Gaelic kindred across the sea feel the same! If it helps, we refer to them as Britons, "Breatnais" or "Breatnach" in our tongue. Wales is "An Bhreatain Bheag" so the little Britain! You will see some write Cymru though.

I do remember from history that the Strathcylders, Cumbrians and Rhegedians were Hen Ogledd, the men of the north right? If they had a strong connection to Wales (the heartland I guess) would the Britons in Cornwall and Brittany have a similar one>?
 
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