[192e] It is not improbable that the eagle was charged on Geraint’s standard, for it is also frequently alluded to in Llywarch Hen’s Elegy—e.g.
“Oedd re redaint dan vorddwyd Geraint,
Garhirion, grawn odew,
Rhuddion, rhuthr eryron glew.”Under the thigh of Geraint were fleet runners,
With long hams, fattened with corn;
They were red ones; their assault was like the bold eagles.
[193a] “Lledvegin,” an animal partly reared in a domestic way. We have chosen the lamb as being one of the animals most commonly reared in this manner. Nevertheless, a previous wildness, with reference to the military aspect of his character, might be intended to be conveyed in this epithet.
“Lledvegyn is a kine, or what shall be tamed in a house; namely, such as a fawn, or a fox, or a wild beast similar to those.” (Welsh Laws.)
[193b] “Rhan,” see lines 40 and 732.
[193c] Or, “He presided over the feast, pouring from the horn the splendid mead.” So Cynddelw,—
“Baran lew llew lloegyr oual
Lleduegin gwin gwyrt uual.” (Myv. Arch. v. i. p. 225.)
[193d] As the natural consequence of military operations.
[193e] “Llawr llaned,” ground of smooth surface. Al. “llanwed,” every region was filled with slaughter.
[193f] “Hual amhaval,” like a fetter. “Avneued” from “avn,” courage.