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What Was Wales Called In Viking Times?

Bretland. When the sagas mention Wales, it is called Bretland in Old Norse. What was Wales called before Wales? The region is called Wales from an Anglo-Saxon word wealas, meaning ‘foreigners’. Similarly the beleaguered Celts begin to call themselves cymry (‘fellow-countrymen’), naming their shared territory Cymru. What was Wales called in medieval times? Deheubarth was …

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