A series of nine Early Welsh englynion which elude to a legend about the inundation of Maes Gwyddno, ‘Gwyddno’s plain’, possibly in what is now Cardigan Bay or the Conway estuary. The disaster is said to have happened after a fountain-cupbearer (finaun wenestir) known as Mererid neglected her duty of guarding a certain well, which was subsequently allowed to overflow and submerge the land.
A collection of early Welsh poems in englyn form, most of which are attributed to an elderly Llywarch Hen, a legendary prince of the Old North.
A collection of englynion mourning the death of Urien, ruler of Rheged, which is attested in the Red Book of Hergest.
Early Welsh dialogue poem between Llywarch Hen and his son Gwên, who utter single englynion in turns.
Medieval Welsh poem of 7 englynion, each beginning Mi a wum lle llas... (‘I have been where [...] was/were slain’). It is attested in the Black Book of Carmarthen, following Ymddiddan Gwyddno Garanhir a Gwyn ap Nudd (‘The conversation of Gwyddno Garanhir and Gwyn ap Nudd’) without a visual break. It is not entirely clear if the present piece should be regarded as a separate composition or a part of the previous conversation.
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