Definition of englyn
plural englyns
\-nz\
also englynion
\eŋˈlinˌyȯn\
: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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