teg

American  

[teg] / tɛg /

Or tegg

noun

1. Animal Husbandry.

   1. a two-year-old sheep that has not been shorn.

   2. the wool shorn from such a sheep.

2. Chiefly British. a two-year-old doe.

3. British Dialect. a yearling sheep.

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teg British  

/ tɛɡ /

noun

1. a two-year-old sheep

2. the fleece of a two-year-old sheep

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Etymology

Origin of teg

First recorded in 1520–30; origin uncertain

Example Sentences

Ass yw teg an gwel Fatel wrav vy mos dhe'n gwerthjiow?

From BBC • May 30, 2012

It was about Penelop, the tylwyth teg, who married the farmer's boy.

From The Pioneers by Prichard, Katharine Susannah

"Reckon he don't know a teg from a tup," said Furnese.

From Joanna Godden by Kaye-Smith, Sheila

Love to listen to his pleasant stories of foreign lands, ghosts and tylwith teg; but before him deem it wise to be mum, quite mum. 

From Wild Wales The People, Laguage & Scenery by Borrow, George Henry

Anial yw f’ ol, canmoleg, Nid twym yw fy neudroed teg, Yn bwhwman gan annwyd Cylch drws dy dŷ, Lleucu Llwyd!

From Some Specimens of the Poetry of the Ancient Welsh Bards by Evans, Evan