Texts

Englynion y misoedd

Incoming data

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.

Manuscript witnesses

Text

Aberystwyth, National Library of Wales, Cwrtmawr MS 6

Attributed to Aneirin (Gwawdrydd)

p. 84

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Aberystwyth, National Library of Wales, Llanstephan MS 11

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

p. 84

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Aberystwyth, National Library of Wales, MS 872D

Olim Wrexham 1. Attributed to Syppyn Cyfeiliog.

p. 267

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Aberystwyth, National Library of Wales, MS 1970B

Olim Panton MS 1. Attributed to Syppyn Cyfeiliog.

f. 285

Text

Aberystwyth, National Library of Wales, MS 1987B

Olim Panton MS 18. Attributed to Syppyn Cyfeiliog.

f. 59

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Aberystwyth, National Library of Wales, MS 2002C

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

f. 107

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Aberystwyth, National Library of Wales, Peniarth MS 65

p. 190

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Aberystwyth, National Library of Wales, Peniarth MS 99

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

p. 547

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Aberystwyth, National Library of Wales, Peniarth MS 111

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

p. 103

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London, British Library, MS Additional 14873

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

p. 80

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London, British Library, MS Additional 14878

f. 35

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London, British Library, MS Additional 14885

f. 97

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.

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