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==Name origin and pronunciation== ''Cadfael'' is a Welsh name derived from the words {{lang|cy|cad}} ("battle") and {{lang|cy|mael}} ("prince").<ref>{{cite dictionary |title= Cadfael |dictionary=A Dictionary of First Names |first1=Patrick |last1=Hanks |author1-link=Patrick Hanks |first2=Kate |last2=Hardcastle |first3=Flavia |last3=Hodges |name-list-style=amp |publisher=Oxford University Press |year=2006}}</ref> Peters wrote that she found the name "Cadfael" only once in the records, given as the baptismal name of [[Saint Cadog]], who later abandoned it.<ref name="Graber 06">{{cite web|url=http://www.bookslut.com/fiction/2006_05_008757.php|title=The Cadfael Books by Ellis Peters|last=Graber|first=Rebecca |date=May 2006 |publisher=Bookslut|access-date=21 December 2008}}</ref> There are differing pronunciations of the name ''Cadfael''; Peters intended the ''f'' to be pronounced as an English ''v'' and suggested it be pronounced {{IPAc-en|ˈ|k|æ|d|v|ɛ|l}} {{respell|KAD|vel}},<ref name="Cranch 93">{{cite web|url=http://www.herbcompanion.com/UnCategorized/Mystery-in-the-Garden.aspx?page=4|title=Mystery in the Garden: Interview with Ellis Peters|last=Cranch|first=Robbie |date=January 1993 |work=The Herb Companion |publisher=Ogden Publications |access-date=21 December 2008}}</ref> although normal Welsh pronunciation would be {{IPA|cy|ˈkadvaɨl|}} (approximately {{IPAc-en|ˈ|k|æ|d|v|aɪ|l}} {{respell|KAD|vyle}}).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cs.cf.ac.uk/fun/welsh/Lesson01.html|title=Lesson 1. Pronunciation|last=Nodine|first=Mark|date=14 June 2003|work=A Welsh Course|access-date=21 December 2008|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081216092400/http://www.cs.cf.ac.uk/fun/welsh/Lesson01.html|archive-date=16 December 2008|df=dmy-all}}</ref> The name is commonly mispronounced {{IPAc-en|ˈ|k|æ|d|f|aɪ|l}} {{respell|KAD|fyle}} in English (including the television series), and Peters once remarked that she should have included a guide for this and other names in the series that have uncommon pronunciations.<ref name="Cranch 93" />
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