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Rhagawr mawr ger mur gwyngalch

verse

beg. Rhagawr mawr ger mur gwyngalch

Dafydd ap Gwilym

Dafydd ap Gwilym

(fl. c.1330–1350)

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Dafydd ap Gwilym

Dafydd ap Gwilym

(fl. c.1330–1350)

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See more (ascr.)Gruffudd ab Ieuan ap Llywelyn Fychan

Gruffudd ab Ieuan ap Llywelyn Fychan

(c.1485–1553)

Welsh poet.

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Medieval Welsh poem by Dafydd ap Gwilym, which has the appearance of being an elegy (marwnad) on poet and musician Gruffudd ap Adda. Scholars such as Rachel Bromwich have suggested that the elegy is a fictitious one (marwnad fflug) and that it was written before the subject’s death with the aim of satirising him.

Saint a merthyron cred

verse

A long Middle Welsh verse litany enumerating the apostles, martyrs and saints of the world.

Three Juvencus englynion

verse

3 st.

beg. niguorcosam nemheunaur henoid

Trawsganu Kynan Garwyn mab Brochuael

form undefined

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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Alliterative poem addressed to Cynan Garwyn, king of Powys (second half of the 6th century). It alludes to a number of his victories, on the River Wye, against the men of Gwent, on Anglesey, and in Dyfed, Brycheiniog and Cornwall.

Welsh prose Mandeville

prose

A Welsh prose rendition of The Buke of John Mandeville. Its source has been identified as Thomas East’s printed edition published in 1568.

Welsh verse Mandeville

verse

beg. Dydd da i ti y Gigfran

Richard ap John of Scorlegan

Richard ap John of Scorlegan

(fl. 1578–1611)

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Versified Welsh version of the Travels of Sir John Mandeville, attributed to Richard ap John of Scorlegan (16th century).

Y Gododdin

verse

A long heroic poem, or series of verses (awdlau), in Early Welsh.

Y Gododdin/A

verse

The version of Y Gododdin that underlies the part written by hand A in the Book of Aneirin.

Y Gododdin/B

verse

The version of Y Gododdin that underlies the part written by hand B in the Book of Aneirin.

Y mae glaw am a glywais

form undefined

beg. Y mae glaw am a glywais

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 (cywydd) composed c.1438 by Guto'r Glyn. The apparent background to the poem is that there had been a rumour that Sir Richard Gethin ap Rhys Gethin ab Owain of Builth, a soldier fighting in the English army in France, had been captured. The poem celebrates the happy news that Sir Richard Gethin had managed to stay out of enemy hands.

Ymddiddan Arthur a'r eryr

verse

52 st.

beg. Es ryfedaf kann wyf bard

Middle Welsh poem in englyn form, possibly of the 12th century, cast as a dialogue between Arthur and an eagle, who later reveals himself to be the spirit of Arthur’s late nephew, Eliwlad son of Madoc ap Uthyr. The conversation serves as a vehicle for religious instruction, touching on themes such as God’s omnipotence and the significance of prayer.

Ymddiddan Gwyddno Garanhir a Gwyn ap Nudd

verse

14 st.

beg. Tarw trin anfidin blawt

Ymddiddan Melwas a Gwenhwyfar

verse

Medieval Welsh dialogue poem set during a royal feast at which Gwenhwyfar taunts and converses with a stranger, who identifies himself as Melwas of an Otherworldly island (Isle of Glass). The narrative background to the poem is thought to be a tale of Arthur’s expedition to the Otherworld, in which he rescues Gwenhwyfar from an enchanted prison presided over by Melwas. Extant copies of the poem are late, dating from the 16th and 17th centuries, and show a degree of textual corruption, but scholars have argued for an older core, possibly going back to the mid-12th century.

Ymddiddan Myrddin a Thaliesin

verse

beg. Mor truan genhyf mor truan

Ymddiddan Ugnach a Thaliesin

verse

11 st.

beg. Marchauc a girch y dinas

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