eng·lyn
| \ ˈeŋlə̇n \
plural englyns\
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\ also englynion\
eŋˈlinˌyȯn
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Definition of englyn
: a usually epigrammatic quatrain in Welsh poetry consisting of 30 syllables in lines of 10, 6, 7, and 7 syllables, the last three lines rhyming usually with the 6th syllable of the first line whose final syllable has no rhyme
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