Fromhel(“to hunt, to chase”) +-wr(“agentive suffix”).
helwr m (pluralhelwyr,not mutable)
- hunter
- R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “helwr”, inGeiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies