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 Ęthelfrith Anglo-Saxon archaic armour army of Gododdin attack Bannog bardic battle battle of Catraeth BBCS blades Book of Aneirin Bradwen Britain British Britons called Catraeth Catterick cavalry Celtic Cenau chain Cilydd close variant Clydno Culhwch and Olwen Cumbric Cunedda Cynon Dark Ages Deira Deira and Bernicia Dwywai Dyfnwal Frych Edinburgh Eifionydd enemy English feast fight Gorchan of Cynfelyn Gorchan of Tudfwlch gorchanau Gwynedd hall hero heroic poetry horses host Ifor Williams infantry interpolation Irish killed king known land later Llywarch Llywarch Hen lord mail-coats Manaw Manaw Gododdin mean mentioned metre Morien Myrddin Nennius northern Nwython obscure Old Welsh oral passage poem poet praised prince probably recitation reference retinue of Mynyddog Rheged Rhufoniog rhyme Roman rubric Saxons says Scotland seems shield Sir Ifor Williams sixth century slew spears story Strathclyde syllable tactical Taliesin three hundred tradition Urien warriors wine word Ywain