Texts

Cyfranc Lludd a Llefelys ‘The encounter/adventure of Lludd and Llefelys’

Middle Welsh
prose
Mabinogion

First words (prose)

Y Beli Uawr vab Manogan y bu tri meib, Llud a Chaswallawn a Nynhyaw

Manuscripts

Aberystwyth, National Library of Wales, Peniarth MS 4 = Llyfr Gwyn Rhydderch, part 2 [c. 1350]

Oxford, Jesus College, MS 111 = Red Book of Hergest (Llyfr Coch Hergest) [s. xiv-xv]

Language

Middle Welsh

Form

prose (primary)

Classification

MabinogionMabinogion
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Subjects

Lludd Llaw Eraint

Lludd Llaw Eraint

(time-frame ass. with Mabinogion)

Welsh legendary hero, king of Britain in the Middle Welsh tale Cyfranc Lludd a Llefelys.

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Llefelys

Legendary Welsh character in the brief Middle Welsh tale Cyfranc Lludd a Llefelys, which portrays him as a ruler of Gaul and brother to Lludd Llaw Eraint, king of Britain.

Sources

Primary sources Text editions and/or modern translations – in whole or in part – along with publications containing additions and corrections, if known. Diplomatic editions, facsimiles and digital image reproductions of the manuscripts are not always listed here but may be found in entries for the relevant manuscripts. For historical purposes, early editions, transcriptions and translations are not excluded, even if their reliability does not meet modern standards.

[ed.] Roberts, Brynley F. [ed.], Cyfranc Lludd a Llefelys, Mediaeval and Modern Welsh Series, 7, Dublin: Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, 1975.

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[ed.] Williams, Ifor [ed.], Cyfranc Lludd a Llevelys, 2nd ed., Bangor: Jarvis & Foster, 1922.

Translations

[tr.] Davies, Sioned [tr.], The Mabinogion, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2007.

[tr.] Ford, Patrick K., The Mabinogi and other medieval Welsh tales, Berkeley: University of California Press, 1977.

Translation

[tr.] Jones, Gwyn, and Thomas Jones [tr.], The Mabinogion, 2nd ed., Everyman’s Library, 97, London: Dent, 1974.

80–84 English translation

[tr.] Gantz, Jeffrey [tr.], The Mabinogion, Penguin Classics, Harmondsworth: Penguin, 1976.

English translation

[tr.] Rootseler, Mick van [tr.], Het avontuur van Lludd en Llefelys. Lustrumuitgave, Nijmegen: Stichting Uitgeverij de Keltische Draak, 2001.

comments: Cyfranc Lludd a Llefelys, translated into Dutch by Mick van Rootseler, with foreword by Jaski (Bart) and introduction by Mick van Rootseler. The booklet was published on the occasion of the 10th anniversary of the Stichting A. G. van Hamel voor Keltische Studies.