Aneirin
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Aneirin (), also rendered as Aneurin or Neirin and Aneurin Gwawdrydd, was an early Medieval Brythonic war poet who lived during the 6th century. He is believed to have been a bard or court poet in one of the Cumbric kingdoms of the Old North, probably that of Gododdin at Edinburgh, in modern Scotland. From the 17th century, he was usually known as Aneurin.
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Aneirin was a male poet, writer, and bard of the Celtic Britons ethnic group. He was born in Dumbarton and held citizenship in Hen Ogledd. He wrote in the Welsh language and also used the pseudonym Neirin.
He lived from 0525 to 0600. His works have been described by sources including The Nuttall Encyclopædia and the Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition. The Open Library lists an author named Aneirin Talfan Davies with 29 works. These include Pregethau a phregethu'r eglwys drwy'r canrifoedd, Yr alltud, rhagarweiniad i weithiau, James Joyce, Gwŷr llên; ysgrifau beirniadol ar weithiau deuddeg gŵr llên cyfoes ynghyd â'u darluniau, Crwudro Bro Morgannwg, and Blodeugerdd o englynion.
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Person · Open Library
- Works
- 29
Top works
- Pregethau a phregethu'r eglwys drwy'r canrifoedd
- Yr alltud, rhagarweiniad i weithiau, James Joyce
- Gwŷr llên; ysgrifau beirniadol ar weithiau deuddeg gŵr llên cyfoes ynghyd â'u darluniau
- Crwudro Bro Morgannwg
- Blodeugerdd o englynion
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Key facts
- Person.name
- Aneirin
- Person.occupation
- Poet
- Person.notable_works
- Book of Aneirin, including Y Gododdin
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Hen Ogledd
- Place of birth
- Dumbarton
- Occupation
- bard
- Languages spoken
- Welsh
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- ethnic group
- Celtic Britons
- date of birth
- 0525-01-01
- date of death
- 0600-01-01
- described by source
- Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
- pseudonym
- Neirin
- P12749
- Freguesia da Sé
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Encyclopedic overview
6 sectionsContents
- Life
- Reputation
- Poetry
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- References
- External links
Aneirin (), also rendered as Aneurin or Neirin and Aneurin Gwawdrydd, was an early Medieval Brythonic war poet who lived during the 6th century. He is believed to have been a bard or court poet in one of the Cumbric kingdoms of the Old North, probably that of Gododdin at Edinburgh, in modern Scotland. From the 17th century, he was usually known as Aneurin.
==Life== Some records indicate that Aneirin was the son of Caunus (or Caw) and brother to Gildas. According to this version of his life, he was born at Dumbarton on the River Clyde. However, some scholars debate this parentage, and contend that these records are of later invention and are erroneous. Whoever his father was, Aneirin's mother, Dwywei is mentioned in Y Gododdin. She may be the same lady who, according to Old Welsh pedigrees, married King Dunod who is generally thought to have ruled in the West Riding of Yorkshire.
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