It’s #NationalDictionaryDay! The name “Bryn Athyn” was first suggested by Bishop William F. Pendlet
It’s #NationalDictionaryDay! The name “Bryn Athyn” was first suggested by Bishop William F. Pendleton, who had found these two Welsh words in An English-Welsh Pronouncing Dictionary, published by William Spurrell in 1872. Pendleton assumed that the two words placed together meant “hill of cohesion” (that is, hill of unity or togetherness). Spurrell, the publisher of Pendleton’s dictionary, believed “Athyn” to be a legitimate Welsh word. However, it is now considered to be a neologism (a newly-created word) invented by William Owen Pughe, the author of A Dictionary of the Welsh Language (1803). Pughe, in his enthusiasm to reconstruct the Welsh language, invented many new words for his dictionary, including “Athyn,” which does not appear in modern Welsh dictionaries. On September 25, 1899, the name “Bryn Athyn” was chosen by the Village Association in a vote of 6 to 3. The motion to accept the name had been put forth by John Pitcairn. Learn more about the naming of Bryn Athyn in this Glencairn Museum News article from 2016: “A Hill of Unity: The Founding of Bryn Athyn Borough.” https://bit.ly/2BYhAkS -- source link
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