Editing Dyfed (section)

==Etymology==
{{See also|Demetae}}
The name Dyfed is an ancient one, appearing in the [[Mabinogion]] with a history predating that work. It is derived from [[Demetae]] (the [[Iron Age]] tribe that inhabited the area), with this tribal name deriving from a [[Celtic languages|Celtic]] element related to the [[Welsh language]] word ''defaid'' (sheep) as well as the [[Common Brittonic]] word ''defod'' (wealth, property or riches).<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Baxter |first1=William |title=Quasi regio ovibus pascendis apt |journal=Cambrian Register |volume=2 |pages=61–65}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal|last1=Baxter|first1=Mr|title=The Cambrian Quarterly Magazine and Celtic Reportage|journal=The Cambrian Quarterly Magazine and Celtic Reportage|date=1832|volume=4|page=401|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=w6M2AAAAMAAJ&dq=defaid&pg=PA401}}</ref> This suggests that the area that became Dyfed was noted for the cultivation of sheep from ancient times, and that this was associated with great wealth.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Southey |first1=Thomas |title=Observations addressed to the Wool Growers of Australia and Tasmania respecting Improvements in the Breed of Sheep preparing and assorting Wools & c also on the Introduction of other laniferous lanigerous Animals suited to their Climate and Localities and recommended for their Adoption By Thomas Southey Wool Broker 2d edit London Redford and Robins London Road Southwark 1831 |journal=Cambrian and Caledonian Quarterly Magazine and Celtic Repertory |date=1832 |volume=4 |pages=401–402 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=w6M2AAAAMAAJ&dq=defaid&pg=PA401 |publisher=proprietors |language=en}}</ref> The name persisted in the [[Sub-Roman Britain|post-Roman]] [[Kingdom of Dyfed]] (clearly a continuation of this pre-Roman [[etymon]]) and even survived the [[Norman conquest of Wales]] and the introduction of the [[Historic counties of Wales|Shire system]], with [[Thomas Morgan (Afanwyson)|Thomas Morgan]] noting that the Welsh inhabitants of [[Pembrokeshire]] still referred to the area as ''Dyfed'' in the nineteenth century.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Morgan |first1=Thomas |title=Handbook of the Origin of Place-names in Wales and Monmouthshire |date=1887 |publisher=H.W. Southey |page=29 |url=https://archive.org/details/handbookoriginp00morggoog/page/n37/mode/2up?q=dyfed}}</ref>