The Gododdin (Welsh pronunciation: [ɡɔˈdɔðɪn]) were a Brittonic people of north-eastern Britannia, the area known as the Hen Ogledd or Old North (modern south-east Scotland and north-east England), in the sub-Roman period.

Y Gododdin (Welsh: [əː ɡɔˈdɔðɪn]) 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 …

Jun 3, 2021 · Y Gododdin is an Early Welsh Poem on the Battle of Catraeth. It is the earliest surviving Welsh/Brythonic/Brittonic poem. The poem is attributed to a Welsh Bard named Aneirin, and the manuscript includes a rubric (a heading on the document) which translates “This is Y Gododdin: Aneirin sang it”.

Oct 14, 2018 · It is the earliest surviving Welsh poem, also known as the “Book of Aneirin.” Written in Old Welsh and Middle Welsh, it tells the story of the historical Battle of Catraeth between the Angles and a motley crew of post-Roman Celts, Picts and Votadini sometime near the year 600 CE.

THE GODODDIN Book of Aneurin I Translation by Joseph Clancy. I Man's mettle, youth's years, Courage for combat: Swift thick-maned stallions Beneath a fine stripling's thighs, Broad lightweight buckler On a slim steed's crupper, Glittering blue blades, Gold-bordered garments. Never will there be Bitterness between us: Rather I make of you

Gododdin, kingdom of the. A British kingdom of the 6th cent. in south-east Scotland. Ptolemy recorded that the area was occupied in Roman times by the Votadini, whose capital was at Traprain Law, near Haddington.

Y Gododdin is the earliest surviving Welsh poem. While the manuscript in which it is preserved, commonly called the Book of Aneirin, dates to the 13th century, it is generally agreed that it preserves a much older text.

The Gododdin, once known as the Votadini in Roman times, held territories in present-day southeast Scotland and Northumberland, forming part of the Hen Ogledd. The poem recounts the gathering of a force of 300 (or 363) elite warriors, some …

The Gododdin in its existing form is a medieval Welsh poem describing the disastrous defeat of the army of Gododdin at the battle of Catraeth which is believed to be Catterick in North Yorkshire. The Gododdin, the subjects of the poem , were …

Mar 12, 2023 · The name Gododdin (recorded in Latin as Votadini) refers to a group of people, which we might think of as a ‘tribe’, but also as a way of connecting people to specific lands and the socio-political structures governing them.