单词 | crwth |
释义 | crwthn. Among Welsh speakers: = crowd n.1 ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > music > musical instrument > stringed instruments > bowable instrument > [noun] > fiddle > early fiddles crowda1310 ribiblec1330 rotec1330 ribibec1415 rebec1755 crwth1837 rotta1864 1837 Penny Cycl. VIII. 198/1 Cruth, or Crwth, a musical instrument of the violin kind, formerly much used in Wales. 1880 P. David in Grove Dict. Music I. 422 Crwth..or Crowd, as far as we know the oldest stringed instrument played with the bow..Bingley heard it played at Carnarvon as late as 1801; but it is now entirely out of use. 1938 Oxf. Compan. Music 243/2 It is said that in remote parts of Wales a violin is still called a crwth. 1942 E. Blom Mus. in Eng. ii. 20 A crwth or rebec or bass viol player may have indulged boldly in a double stop. a1953 D. Thomas Under Milk Wood (1954) 20 He intricately rhymes, to the music of crwth and pibgorn. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1972; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < n.1837 |
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