724. ragged-robin. A British wild flower.
730-1. Esther. ii., 2-17.
743. Gwydion. In one of the legends of Welsh mythology, Gwydion, the nephew of the king, helps his uncle, Math, to create a beautiful maiden by magic (glamour) out of flowers in order to provide a wife for the young prince Llew.
744-5. the Bride of Cassivelaun, Flur. Cassivelaun was king of Britain at the time of Cæsar’s second invasion (54 B.C.). The poem suggests that Cæsar was in love with Flur, the betrothed bride of Cassivelaun.
764. flaws. A flaw is a sudden burst of wind.
774. careful robins. Watching to see whether there are worms for food in the ground that is delved.
797-804. Geraint suspected that Enid had allowed herself to be influenced by her mother’s wishes, or that she had been carried away by his brightness in contrast with the dimness of her own surroundings.
810-1. Dearer because she was resuming a splendour to which she had formerly been accustomed, but which she had been forced to give up for a time.
838. Dubric. The Archbishop.