Aneirin
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Aneirin [aˈnɛirɪn] or Neirin was an early historic period Brythonic poet. He is believed to have been a bard or court poet in one of the Cumbric kingdoms of the Hen Ogledd, probably that of Gododdin with its main centre at Dun Eydin (Edinburgh), in modern Scotland.
Aneirin's patrons were the noble Urien and his son, Owain. Owain was slain at the Battle of Catraeth, in which Brythonic warriors of Gododdin fought the Angles of Deira and Bernicia. Nearly all of the Brythonic warriors were slain and their lands were absorbed into the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms. Aneirin wroteY Gododdin after this battle, in remembrance of his fallen patrons and lords, in which he hints that he is likely the sole survivor.…more
Aneirin's patrons were the noble Urien and his son, Owain. Owain was slain at the Battle of Catraeth, in which Brythonic warriors of Gododdin fought the Angles of Deira and Bernicia. Nearly all of the Brythonic warriors were slain and their lands were absorbed into the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms. Aneirin wroteY Gododdin after this battle, in remembrance of his fallen patrons and lords, in which he hints that he is likely the sole survivor.…more
[close] Aneirin [aˈnɛirɪn] or Neirin was an early historic period Brythonic poet. He is believed to have been a bard or court poet in one of the Cumbric kingdoms of the Hen Ogledd, probably that of Gododdin with its main centre at Dun Eydin (Edinburgh), in modern Scotland.
Aneirin's patrons were the noble Urien and his son, Owain. Owain was slain at the Battle of Catraeth, in which Brythonic warriors of Gododdin fought the Angles of Deira and Bernicia. Nearly all of the Brythonic warriors were slain and their lands were absorbed into the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms. Aneirin wroteY Gododdin after this battle, in remembrance of his fallen patrons and lords, in which he hints that he is likely the sole survivor.
Aneirin's patrons were the noble Urien and his son, Owain. Owain was slain at the Battle of Catraeth, in which Brythonic warriors of Gododdin fought the Angles of Deira and Bernicia. Nearly all of the Brythonic warriors were slain and their lands were absorbed into the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms. Aneirin wroteY Gododdin after this battle, in remembrance of his fallen patrons and lords, in which he hints that he is likely the sole survivor.
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Books with Aneirin
 | Y Gododdin by 4.22 avg rating — 369 ratings — published 1969 add/edit characters | |
 | History of the Britons (Historia Brittonum) by 3.50 avg rating — 360 ratings — published 828 add/edit characters | |
 | The Faded Map: The Story of the Lost Kingdoms of Scotland by 3.88 avg rating — 221 ratings — published 2010 add/edit characters | |
 | Edinburgh: Our Storied Town by 4.13 avg rating — 15 ratings — published 2024 add/edit characters | |
 | Arthur's Seat: Journeys and Evocations by 3.55 avg rating — 11 ratings — published 2012 add/edit characters | |
 | Astudiaethau ar yr Hengerdd = Studies in Old Welsh Poetry by 4.43 avg rating — 7 ratings — published 1978 add/edit characters | |
 | The Gododdin of Aneirin: Text and Context from Dark-Age North Britain by 3.86 avg rating — 7 ratings — published 1997 add/edit characters | |
 | Beyond the Gododdin: Dark Age Scotland in Medieval Wales by 3.83 avg rating — 6 ratings — published 2013 add/edit characters | |
 | Early Welsh Poetry: Studies in the Book of Aneirin by 4.50 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 1988 add/edit characters | |
 | Llyfr Aneirin: Ffacsimile by it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 1989 add/edit characters |
