The Gododdin: the Oldest Scottish PoemGododdin is a medieval Welsh poem consisting of a series of elegies to the men of the Brittonic kingdom of Gododdin and its allies who, according to the conventional interpretation, died fighting the Angles of Deira and Bernicia at a place named Catraeth in about AD 600. |
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Aeron Anglo-Saxon archaic armour attacked Bannog bardic battle battle of Catraeth BBCS beginning blades bloodstained bold Book of Aneirin borderland Bradwen Britain British Britons Caer Eidyn called Catraeth Catterick cavalry Celtic chain Cilydd close variant Culhwch and Olwen Cumbric Cunedda Cynon Dark Ages Deira Dwywai Dyfnwal Frych early Welsh Edinburgh emendation enemy English feast fight Gorchan of Cynfelyn gorchanau Grugyn Gwynedd hall hero horses host Ifor Williams infantry interpolation Introduction Irish killed king land language later Latin LHEB Llywarch Llywarch Hen lord Maeldderw Manau Manaw Gododdin means mentioned metre Morien Myrddin Neithon Nennius ninth northern Nwython obscure oral Picts plural poem poet praised probably recitation reference retinue of Mynyddog Rheged Rhufoniog rhyme Roman rubric Saxons Scotland seems shield Sir Ifor Williams sixth century slew spears Strathclyde syllable Taliesin three hundred tion tradition translated Urfai Urien warriors whole verse wine word Ywain