Mari Lwyd en · PROPN
Pronunciation
- /meri lʊid/
Etymology
Borrowed from Welsh Mari Lwyd, with soft mutation (after a feminine noun) of llwyd (“grey”). The first part may be a form of the name Mary or a use of the English word mare. See Wikipedia for fuller discussion of these and other possibilities. In Welsh the name is used with the definite article and consequent soft mutation, y Fari Lwyd.
Meanings
- A Welsh winter holiday custom involving wassailing with a horse's skull carried by a person hidden under a sheet.
- (broadly, with-definite-article) A Welsh winter holiday custom involving wassailing with a horse's skull carried by a person hidden under a sheet. ▸ The name of the character itself.