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Bibliography

Eryr Eli

Red Book of Hergest col.1045

1 Eryr eli ban y lef1045.32
2 llewssei gwyr llynn. 
3 creu callon kyndylan wynn. 
    
4 Eryr eli gorelwi heno1045.34
5 ygwaet gwyr gwynn novi. 
6 ef ygoet trwm hoet ymi.1045.35
    
7 Eryr eli a glywaf heno.1045.36
8 creulyt yw nys beidyaf. 
9 ef ygoet twrwm hoet arnaf.1045.37
    
10 Eryr eli gorthrymet heno.1045.38
11 diffrynt meissir mygedawc. 
12 dir brochuael hir ry godet.1045.39
    
13 Eryr eli echeidw myr.1045.40
14 ny threid pyscawt yn ebyr. 
15 gelwit gwelit o waet gwyr.1045.41
    
16 Eryr eli gorymda coet.1045.42
17 kyuor e kinyawa. 
18 ae llawch llwydit y draha. 

 

Eryr Pengwern

Red Book of Hergest cols.1045-6

1 Eryr penngwern penngarn llwyt.1045.43
2 aruchel y atles.1045.44
3 eidic am gic. 
    
4 Eryr penngwern penngarn llwyt.1046.1
5 aruchel y euan. 
6 eidic am gic kynndylan.1046.2
    
7 Eryr penngwern pengarn llwyt.1046.3
8 aruchel y adaf 
9 eidic am gic a garaf.1046.4
    
10 Eryr penngwern pell galwawt heno.1046.5
11 ar waet gwyr gwylat. 
12 ry gelwir trenn tref difawt.1046.6
    
13 Eryr Penngwern pell gelwit heno.1046.7
14 Ar waet gwyr gwelit. 
15 ry gelwir trenn tref lethrit.1046.8

 

Bibliography:
Text:
Evans, J Gwenogvryn, The Poetry in the Red Book of Hergest (Llanbedrog, 1911), pp.15-16.
Williams, Ifor, Canu Llywarch Hen (Caerdydd, Gwasg Prifysgol Cymru, 1953), pp.37-38.
Parry, Thomas (gol.), The Oxford Book of Welsh Verse (Oxford, Clarendon Press, 1962), pp.12-13.
Text and Translations:
Rowland, Jenny, Early Welsh Saga Poetry (Cambridge, D S Brewer, 1990), pp.433-435, 486.
Translations:
Skene, W F, The Four Ancient Books of Wales (Edinburgh, 1868), pp.452-453. (Unreliable)
Conran, Anthony, The Penguin Book of Welsh Verse (Harmondsworth, 1967), pp.92-93.
Clancy, Joseph P, The Earliest Welsh Poetry (London, Macmillan, 1970), p.81.