cleddyo (kledyo)

[Repr. W. cleddeu or cleddyf, pl. cleddyfau, = L. gladius, a sword: see claymore.] In Celtic antiq., tig., a sword, usually of bronze, and having the form which is described as leaf-shaped (see sword ), the tongue being in one piece with the blade, and the barrel of the hilt being formed by riveting a plate of wood, bone, or horn upon each side of the cleddyo Cleddyo, Royal Irish Academy, Dublin. eladgy, cledgy (klej'i), a. [Var. of cladgy, a ibilated form of claggy: see clag1, claggy.] Stubborn; tenacious; mixed with clay: applied to soil. [Eng.]