What’s in a name – Llyn Nadroedd
What’s in a name – yn Gymraeg? Friday musings on Eryri place names.
Last week, Cwm Brwynog…
This week…’Llyn Nadroedd’ – this is a small llyn (lake) tucked away in Cwm Clogwyn to the west of Yr Wyddfa’s summit (copa’r Wyddfa). The shapely line of the Llechog ridgeline where the Rhyd Ddu path kisses its edge also rises above it…
A dramatic but secluded location.
The word ‘llyn’ can be seen to derive from Old Breton (lin) or Old Irish (lind) from the Celtic for ‘lake’. And ‘Nadroedd’… is the plural for the Welsh for ‘snakes’ (neidr).
Could these ‘snakes’ actually be newts seen in the water? Local cold water swimmer and artist Vivienne Rickman Poole has certainly seen newts in the ‘pool’ but they were very camera shy…
It makes you wonder what people saw to give the llyn this name – what about eels? Slow worms? Or even a water serpent?
Thanks to Viv for the peaceful photo of Llyn Nadroedd.
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