Pridwen.

The name of Prince Arthur’s shield.

“He henge an his sweore [neck] acne sceld deore,

His nome on Brutisc [in British] Pridwen ihaten [called].”


Layamon: Brut (twelfth century)

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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.

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Priam
Priamond
Priapus
Prick-eared
Prick the Garter
Pride
Pride of the Morning
Pride’s Purge
Pridwen
Pridwin
Priest … Knight
Priest of the Blue-bag
Prig
Prima Donna (Italian)
Prima Facie (Latin)
Primary Colours
Prime
Primed
Primero