[186a] Or, “as the alternative.”
[186b] That this is a proper name, appears from the following passage in Taliesin’s “Canu y Cwrw;”—
“Ev cyrch cerddorion
Se syberw Seon
Neu’r dierveis i rin
Ymordei Uffin
Ymhoroedd Gododin.”
[186c] Or, “who caused the stream of blood.”
[186d] Gwenddoleu ap Ceidiaw is recorded in the Triads as the head of one of the three “teulu diwair,” or faithful tribes of the Isle of Britain, because his men maintained the war for six weeks after he was slain in the battle of Arderydd, A.D. 577. He is also joined with Cynvar and Urien, under the title of the three “tarw cad” or bulls of battle, on account of their impetuosity in rushing upon the enemy.
[187a] “Pen o draed;” from head to foot. Not, as Davies translates it, “from the highest to the lowest,” as is evident from a similar phrase in Cynddelw, (Myv. Arch. vol. i. p. 220.)
“Yd kwytynt pennawr penn o draed;”
where the word “pennawr” refers to one particular rank, if not to an individual.
[187b] See line 344.
[187c] See line 324.