Daffy
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Llinell 68:
Sorry haven't been on in a while, hence the slow response - I changed Caerceri to Cirencester because Caerceri isn't the usual or traditional Welsh name for the town. I *think* it's a 19th-century made-up form (in as much as it exists at all - where did you find it?). There are a number of these that never entered common usage. The decisive factor is whether it's in common or educated usage today (irrespective of whether it's historically 'correct') and it isn't. [[Defnyddiwr:Daffy|Daffy]] 11:02, 1 Mai 2007 (UTC)
: Fair enough. The name is used in an old ecclesiastical document from St David's Cathedral, I thought I had a photocopy of the relevant part but have mislaid it, it's a mediaeval list of churches and clergy. It's also used by Nennius somewhere ('Life of Merlin' I think), though I haven't looked that up. It seems it was the name of the town before it fell to the Saxons at the Battle of Dyrham and no doubt continued in use on the western side of the Severn for some time afterwards. Sorry not to be more specific, if I turn anything up I'll let you know.--[[Defnyddiwr:80.6.20.172|80.6.20.172]] 00:45, 24 Mai 2007 (UTC)
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