A Welsh stringed instrument, also spelled 'crwth,' a bowed lyre used in Welsh folk music.
From Welsh 'crwth' with consonant variation, representing attempts to transliterate Welsh phonemes into English spelling without standard conventions.
Welsh words without standard English equivalents show up spelled multiple ways—'crwd' and 'crwth' both represent the same Welsh 'crwth,' demonstrating English's struggle with consonant clusters like 'wth'.
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