Evrawc Iarll, a Bort mab brenin Bort. Y ddau
gyntav oeddynt wery o gorph, a'r trydydd oedd ddiweir am na wnaeth
pechawd cnawdol ond unwaith a hynny drwy brovedigaeth yn yr amser yr
ennillawdd ev * * o verch Brangor yr hon a vu ymerodres yn
Constinobl, or honn y doeth y genhedlaeth vwyav o'r byd, ac o
genhedlaeth Joseph o Arimathea y hanoeddyn ell tri, ac o lin Davydd
brophwyd mal y tystiolaetha Ystoria y Greal."--(Triad lxi. first
series.)

{129d} This name occurs in the Tale of Twrch Trwyth, page 259.

{129e} Probably Aeddon the son of Ervei: see line 845.

{130a} Or affirmatively, "a shield in the battle."

{130b} Or "how sad their award."

{130c} "How grievous is the longing for them."

{130d} This line is full of poetical beauty, and forcibly exhibits how
the baneful effects of the banquet, or the engagement to which it was the
prelude, prevented the return of the warriors home, which their friends
so ardently desired.

{130e} This figure is similar to that in the fourth line of the stanza.

{131a} His name occurs again in the poem. The "horn of Gwlgawd Gododin"
is mentioned in the Tale of "Kilhwch and Olwen," p. 283.

{131b} Or in reference to the banquet itself,--"notable were its
effects, and it was the price which bought the battle of Cattraeth," i.e.
bought, or brought about its disastrous consequences.

{131c} That is, contributed his life towards a victory.

{131d} Or _giantlike_; a reference to his stature, implied in the title
"Hir," (tall) which was attached to his name. See stanza V. note.

{131e} Lit. "With the strength of steeds."

{131f} "Ar gychwyn," poised, ready to fly.

{132a} Rhuvawn is celebrated in a Triad as one of the three blessed
kings of the Isle of Britain.

"Tri gwyndeyrn ynys Prydain; Rhun ab Maelgwn, Owain ab Urien, a
Rhuawn Bevr ab Dewrath Wledig." (Triad xxv. third series.)

In another Triad he is recorded as one of the three imperious ones of the
island.

"Tri trahawc ynys Prydein; Gwibei drahawc a Sawyl ben uchel a Ruuawn
Peuyr drahawc." (Triad xxxiv. second series.)

Other versions, however, of the same Triad, give Rhun mab Einiawn in the
room of Rhuvawn Pebyr.

He is also styled one of the three golden corpses of the Isle of Britain,
because, when he was slain, his body was redeemed for its weight in gold.

"Tri eurgelein ynys Prydain: Madawc mab Brwyn; Ceugant Beilliawc; a
Rhuawn Bevr,