v. Arch. vol. i. p. 53.)

Al. "When we were deprived of our sharpened weapons."

{116b} Thus in Gorchan Maelderw,--

"There trod not, in Gododin, on the surface of the fosse,
When deprived of his sharpened weapon, none more destitute."

{116c} One reading has "the weapon of death," another, "the death-formed
weapon, is broken and motionless."

{116d} If we give an affirmative meaning to the words "angkynnull
agkymandull agkysgoget," the couplet might be thus rendered,--

"They assembled in arms, and in complete array they moved along,
And rolled through the mighty horde."

It is observable that Carnhuanawc adopted this affirmative form in a
similar passage with which "Gorchan Tudvwlch" opens, thus:

"Arv ynghynnull,
Yn nghymandull,
Twrv yn agwedd;
Y rhag meiwedd,
Y rhag mawredd,
Y rhag madiedd."

They assemble in arms,
The forces are marshalled,
Tumult approaches:
In the van are the warlike,
In the van are the noble,
In the van are the good.

And he moreover traces a similarity between this style and that of
Tacitus, wherein the latter describes the effects of Galgacus's address
upon his British followers;--

"Jamque agmina, et armorum fulgores, audentissimi, cujusque procursu,
simul instruebantur acies." (See Hanes Cymru, p. 96.)

{117a} Al. "llawr," "and _prostrate_ the horde of the Lloegrians."

{117b} The Lloegrians were the second "social tribe" that settled in
Britain. Their province was that of Lloegyr, by which the Welsh still
designate England, (Triads v. ii. first series) though there is reason to
believe that it was originally of much smaller extent. The Lloegrians
for the most part coalesced with the Saxons, (Triad vii. third series)
and grievously harassed the Cymry in the sixth century.

"Cynddylan, cae di y rhiw,
Er yddaw Lloegyrwys heddiw;
Amgeledd am un nid gwiw!" (Llywarch Hen.)

Cynddylan, guard thou the cliff,
Against any Lloegrians that may come this day;
Concern for one should not avail.

{117c} "Ygcynuor," i.e. "yn cynvor." Al. "cynnor," _the entrance_. Al.
"ynghynwr," _in the turmoil_.

{117d} This probably refers to the enemy, who, being pagans, burnt their
dead. The fact might have been suggested to the poet's mind, by the name
of his hero "Graid," which signifies _heat_.

{117e} Viz. that of Graid.

{117f} The rhyme determines this form, whi