Crossword clues for eisteddfod
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Eisteddfod \Eis*tedd"fod\ ([=a]s*t[e^][th]"v[=o]d), n. [W., session, fr. eistedd to sit.] An assembly or session of the Welsh bards; an annual congress of bards, minstrels and literati of Wales, -- being a patriotic revival of the old custom.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
"annual assembly of Welsh bards," 1822, from Welsh eisteddfod "congress of bards or literati," literally "a session, a sitting," from eistedd "to sit" (from sedd "seat," cognate with Latin sedere; see sedentary) + bod "to be" (cognate with Old English beon; see be). The Welsh plural is eisteddfodau.
Wiktionary
n. Any of several annual festivals in which Welsh poets, dancers, and musicians compete for recognition.
WordNet
n. any of several annual Welsh festivals involving artistic competitions (especially in singing)
[also: eisteddfodau (pl)]
Wikipedia
An eisteddfod (, plural eisteddfodau ) is a Welsh festival of literature, music and performance. The tradition of such a meeting of Welsh artists dates back to at least the 12th century, when a festival of poetry and music was held by Rhys ap Gruffydd of Deheubarth at his court in Cardigan in 1176, but the decline of the bardic tradition made it fall into abeyance. The current format owes much to an 18th-century revival arising out of a number of informal eisteddfodau. The closest English equivalent to eisteddfod is "session"; the word is formed from two Welsh morphemes: eistedd, meaning "sit", and bod, meaning "be".
Usage examples of "eisteddfod".
I understand that the Llanabba Silver Band was third at the North Wales Eisteddfod last month.
Perhaps the Eisteddfod, by offering prizes for the collection of Welsh folk-tales, may remove this inferiority.
If you can find an eisteddfod that offers a crown for cursing, you might well chance your luck.
But perhaps I may offer you a real eisteddfod judge's opinion on Jemmy's style.
And people didn't seem to want bards, even ones who'd won the mistletoe award and centennial harp in the big Eisteddfod in Llamedos.
Sometimes, in the evenings, she would recite in Welsh the poem that her father had composed for the Eisteddfod long years ago.