Texts

Englynion y misoedd ‘The stanzas of the months’

Middle Welsh
Medieval Welsh poetry

Late medieval poem arranged in twelve stanzas about the months of the year. Contrary to what the title suggests, the verses are not englynion, but each usually consists of eight heptasyllabic lines.

Manuscripts

Aberystwyth, National Library of Wales, Llanstephan MS 11

p. 84

Earliest manuscript copy, here attributed to Merddin Gwowdrudd, although "the epithet seems properly to belong to Aneirin" (Jackson).

Aberystwyth, National Library of Wales, Peniarth MS 99 [s. xvi²/xvii¹]

p. 547

Page has been cut out at the end, omitting three stanzas.

Aberystwyth, National Library of Wales, Peniarth MS 65 [s. xvi²]

p. 190

London, British Library, MS Additional 14885 [s. xvii]

f. 97

Aberystwyth, National Library of Wales, MS 872D = Llyfr John Brooke o Vowddwy [1590-1592]

p. 267

Olim Wrexham 1. Attributed to Syppyn Cyfeiliog.

Aberystwyth, National Library of Wales, Peniarth MS 111 [1607–c.1610]

p. 103

Attributed to Mab Cloch / Claf ab Llywarch at the beginning, but to Aneirin (Gwawdrydd) in a marginal gloss at the end of the poem.

Aberystwyth, National Library of Wales, Cwrtmawr MS 6

p. 84

Attributed to Aneirin (Gwawdrydd)

London, British Library, MS Additional 14873 [1739–1760]

p. 80

Attributed to Aneirin (Gwawdrydd), but to Mab Cloch / Claf ab Llywarch at the end of the poem.

London, British Library, MS Additional 14878 [s. xvii]

f. 35

Aberystwyth, National Library of Wales, MS 1987B

f. 59

Olim Panton MS 18. Attributed to Syppyn Cyfeiliog.

Aberystwyth, National Library of Wales, MS 1970B

f. 285

Olim Panton MS 1. Attributed to Syppyn Cyfeiliog.

Aberystwyth, National Library of Wales, MS 2002C

f. 107

Olim Panton MS 33. Attributed to Aneirin (Gwawdrydd).

Language

Middle Welsh

Classification

Medieval Welsh poetryMedieval Welsh poetry
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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.] Jackson, Kenneth Hurlstone, Early Welsh gnomic poems, Cardiff: University of Wales Press, 1935.

Texts edited: Texts: I. beg. Llym awel, llum brin -- II. beg. Baglawc bydin, bagwy onn -- III. beg. Eiry mynyd -- IV. beg. Gnawt gwynt o'r deheu -- V. beg. Kalan gaeaf, kalet grawn -- VI. beg. Gorwyn blaen onn -- VII (Bidiau I), beg. Bit goch crib keilyawc -- VIII (Bidiau II), beg. Bid gogor gan iar; bid trydar gan kew -- IX (Engylnion y misoedd), beg. Mis Jonawr, myglyd dyffryn.

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37–40 (text); 66–67 (notes)

Secondary sources (select)

Jackson, Kenneth Hurlstone, Early Welsh gnomic poems, Cardiff: University of Wales Press, 1935.

Texts edited: Texts: I. beg. Llym awel, llum brin -- II. beg. Baglawc bydin, bagwy onn -- III. beg. Eiry mynyd -- IV. beg. Gnawt gwynt o'r deheu -- V. beg. Kalan gaeaf, kalet grawn -- VI. beg. Gorwyn blaen onn -- VII (Bidiau I), beg. Bit goch crib keilyawc -- VIII (Bidiau II), beg. Bid gogor gan iar; bid trydar gan kew -- IX (Engylnion y misoedd), beg. Mis Jonawr, myglyd dyffryn.