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Aduwyneu Taliessin

verse

beg. Atwyn rin rypenyt y ryret

Taliesin

Taliesin

(fl. 6th century)

renowned British poet, known both as a historical poet at the court of Urien and other rulers and as a more fictionalised persona of supreme status. Poems attributed to him survive in the 14th-century manuscript now known as the Book of Taliesin (NLW Peniarth 2).

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Poem attributed to the legendary poet Taliesin.

Angar kyfundawt

verse

beg. Bard yman y mae

Taliesin

Taliesin

(fl. 6th century)

renowned British poet, known both as a historical poet at the court of Urien and other rulers and as a more fictionalised persona of supreme status. Poems attributed to him survive in the 14th-century manuscript now known as the Book of Taliesin (NLW Peniarth 2).

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Lengthy poem attributed to the legendary poet Taliesin.

Archaf wedi y'r Trindawt

verse

beg. Archaf wedi y'r Trindawt

Short Welsh penitential poem. It occurs in the Book of Taliesin under the heading Marwnat y vil veib, which however, seems to apply to the following series of verses.

Armes Dydd Brawd I (Yrymes Detbrawt)

verse

beg. DEws duw delwa

Middle Welsh poem, found in the Book of Taliesin, on the events leading up to Doomsday. William Heist has argued that the poem draws on the fifteen-day legend of the Apocalypse of Thomas.

Buarth beird

verse

beg. Ed ympeilli oet ympwyllat

Taliesin

Taliesin

(fl. 6th century)

renowned British poet, known both as a historical poet at the court of Urien and other rulers and as a more fictionalised persona of supreme status. Poems attributed to him survive in the 14th-century manuscript now known as the Book of Taliesin (NLW Peniarth 2).

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Poem attributed to the legendary poet Taliesin.

Compod manuel (Dafydd Nanmor)

verse

Dafydd Nanmor

Dafydd Nanmor

(fl. c. 1450–1490)

Welsh poet from Nanmor (Gwynedd)

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A metrical computus manualis ascribed to Dafydd Nanmor.

Dadl y corff a'r enaid

verse

beg. Cyfaenad celwydd cynelw o dofydd

Dygogan awen

verse

beg. Dygogan awen dygobryssyn ... Seith meib o Veli dyrchafyssyn [st. 2]

A short Welsh prophetic poem.

Ef a wnaeth Panthon

verse

beg. Ef a wnaeth Panthon

Englynion y beddau

verse

Englynion y misoedd

form undefined

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.

Fechid diristan othiwod

verse

2 st.

beg. Fechid diristan ochiwod

Two englynion in the Black Book of Carmarthen which appear to allude to a version of the Tristan legend. Mention is made of Tristan (Diristan), Mark (March) and Cyheig. The englynion have often been treated together with the awdl preceding them in the manuscript (beg. Kyd karhwiu e morva cassaau e mor), because both name a figure called Cyheig and because there has been an assumption, though now contested, that they are united through a narrative background in the Tristan legend.

Gwasgargerdd Fyrddin yn y bedd

verse

MyrddinMyrddin

Entry reserved for but not yet available from the subject index.

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Gwelygorddau Powys (Cynddelw)

verse

Cynddelw Brydydd Mawr

Cynddelw Brydydd Mawr

(fl. 1155–1200)

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Hywel ni chysgaf haeach

verse

beg. Hywel, ni chysgaf haeach

Guto'r Glyn

Guto’r Glyn

(fl. c.1431–c.1490)

Welsh poet who produced a substantial body of praise poetry. His patrons included men such as Sir Richard Gethin of Builth, William Herbert of Raglan, Sir Roger Kynaston of Knockin and Henry Griffith of Newcourt.

Welsh ‘healing poem’ by Guto'r Glyn, addressed to his patron Hywel ab Ieuan Fychan of Moeliwrch.

Iesu a Mair a'r cynhaeaf gwyrthiol

verse

beg. Brenin gwrthfin gwyrth uchaw y sydd

Kadeir Teÿrnon

verse

beg. Araith awdyl eglur

Taliesin

Taliesin

(fl. 6th century)

renowned British poet, known both as a historical poet at the court of Urien and other rulers and as a more fictionalised persona of supreme status. Poems attributed to him survive in the 14th-century manuscript now known as the Book of Taliesin (NLW Peniarth 2).

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A Welsh poem in the Book of Taliesin, where it is headed Kadeir Teÿrnon. The text has been notoriously resilient to an easy interpretation. One line of interpretation suggests that the poem begins by eulogising an unnamed hero, descendant of a certain Aladur, that his identity gradually emerges through a series of narrative allusions and that towards the end of the poem, the subject is finally revealed to be Arthur.

Kanu y byt bychan

verse

beg. Keingeneis, kanaf / bet vndyd mwyhaf

Taliesin

Taliesin

(fl. 6th century)

renowned British poet, known both as a historical poet at the court of Urien and other rulers and as a more fictionalised persona of supreme status. Poems attributed to him survive in the 14th-century manuscript now known as the Book of Taliesin (NLW Peniarth 2).

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Middle Welsh poem put in the mouth of the legendary poet Taliesin.

Kyd karhwiu e morva cassaau e mor

verse

beg. Kyd karhwiu e morva . cassaau e mor

An awdl of 16 lines in the Black Book of Carmarthen, in which a repentant speaker expresses hope for reconciliation and conjures images of the sea. The narrative background remains obscure. Bromwich argued that the two subsequent englynion in the manuscript belong to the same poem and that the full poem alludes to a version of the Tristan legend. Rowland has been more sceptical of this view and has suggested instead that it is a court poem in which a bardic poet seeks reconciliation with his patron.

Marwnat y vil veib

verse

beg. Ebestyl a merthyri

Medieval Welsh religious poem concerning saints and martyrs

Mawl i Dduw

verse

beg. In enu domni meu y voli maur y uolaud

Moch ddwyreawg huan haf dyffestin

verse

beg. Moch-ddwyreawg huan haf dyffestin

Gwalchmai ap Meilyr

Gwalchmai ap Meilyr

(fl. c.1130–1180)

Welsh poet from Anglesey, one of the early Gogynfeirdd.

Gwalchmai ap Meilyr

Gwalchmai ap Meilyr

(fl. c.1130–1180)

Welsh poet from Anglesey, one of the early Gogynfeirdd.

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A gorhoffedd (vaunting poem) by Gwalchmai ap Meilyr.

Oer oedd weled urddolion

verse

beg. Oer oedd weled urddolion

Guto'r Glyn

Guto’r Glyn

(fl. c.1431–c.1490)

Welsh poet who produced a substantial body of praise poetry. His patrons included men such as Sir Richard Gethin of Builth, William Herbert of Raglan, Sir Roger Kynaston of Knockin and Henry Griffith of Newcourt.

Guto'r Glyn

Guto’r Glyn

(fl. c.1431–c.1490)

Welsh poet who produced a substantial body of praise poetry. His patrons included men such as Sir Richard Gethin of Builth, William Herbert of Raglan, Sir Roger Kynaston of Knockin and Henry Griffith of Newcourt.

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Welsh poem by Guto'r Glyn in praise of Sir Richard Gethin ap Rhys Gethin ab Owain of Builth, a soldier who fought in the English army in France.

Prif gyuarch geluyd

verse

beg. Prif gyuarch geluyd, pan ry leat?

Taliesin

Taliesin

(fl. 6th century)

renowned British poet, known both as a historical poet at the court of Urien and other rulers and as a more fictionalised persona of supreme status. Poems attributed to him survive in the 14th-century manuscript now known as the Book of Taliesin (NLW Peniarth 2).

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Poem attributed to the legendary poet Taliesin.

Ren nef ry'm awyr dy wedi

verse

beg. Ren nef ry'm awyr dy wedi

Penitential poem in the Book of Taliesin

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