Prifardd

{{Short description|Welsh title awarded to bards}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} '''Y Prifardd''',<ref>http://www.websters-online-dictionary.org/translation/Welsh/prifardd{{dead link|date=March 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref><ref>[https://www.bbc.co.uk/wales/eisteddfod2008/sites/guide/history/pages/gorsedd.shtml bbc.co.uk] BBC Guide to the Eisteddfod</ref> literally ''The Chief Bard'', is the Welsh title given to bards who have won either the chair or the crown in the National Eisteddfod of Wales. It is a very highly respected title in the Welsh language community, due to an acknowledgement of the artistic talent required to acquire it. Prifardd is used both as a common noun ("he is a '''prifardd'''"), for which the plural is '''prifeirdd''', and as an honorific that precedes the title-holder's name in the way that 'The Reverend' or 'The Honourable' would be used in English; for example, "Y Prifardd Christine James".

For lists of chaired and crowned bards, see Chaired Bards (category) and Crowned Bards (category).

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