flows" is not in the original.

{167g} That glass vessels were used by the Britons in the sixth century
is further proved by the testimony of Llywarch Hen, who speaks of

"Gwyr ni giliynt rhag ovn gwayw,
Ac yved gwin o wydr gloyw." (Elegy upon Geraint)

Men who would not flinch from the dread of the spear,
And the quaffing of wine out of the bright glass.

{168a} "Ariant," money contributed towards any thing; thus "ariant
cwynos," supper money, was paid by the gentry and freeholders towards the
maintenance of the officers of the court; "ariant gwastrodion," money of
the equerries, was paid by the king's tenants in villainage once a year,
to furnish provender for his horses; "ariant am y vedd" would likewise be
a contribution paid towards a banquet of mead. Gwaednerth made his
enemies, as it were, pay him this tribute with the gold of their armour.

{168b} His history is unknown.

{168c} Or, "retinue."

{168d} "Dyrraith;" law of fate; death,

{168e} Probably Ayr in Scotland, rather than Aeron in Wales.

{168f} Lit. "the head."

{168g} I.e. the Clyde. Al. "The brown eagles." Llywarch Hen speaks of
"the brown eagles" (eryron llwyd) and of "the eagle with the brown beak,"
(eryr pengarn llwyd.)

{169a} Lit. "Without reproach."

{169b} Or, "From the region."

{169c} Al. "Men of privilege."

{169d} "Llogell;" a receptacle, a depository, a closet. It might here
refer more particularly to the room which contained the viands.
"Llogail" would be a wattled room.

{169e} The frequent repetition of the word "byd" in this stanza is
remarkable.

{169f} Lit. "not without ambition."

{169g} Eidol is specified by name as being the most indefatigable in his
pursuit after mirth. A person of that name and character is mentioned in
a poem attributed to Cuhelyn. See Myv. Arch. i. 164.

{169h} Or, "the grandson of Enovant." Al. "One out of a hundred,"
Cynddilig might have been the son of Cor Cnud, whose grave is recorded in
the Englynion y Beddau. (Myv. Arch. i. 11.)

"Kian a ud diffaith cnud.
Draw o tuch pen bet alltud
Bet Cindilic mab Corknud."

Or the son of Nwython, mentioned in the Bruts, (Myv. Arch. ii. 321) and
Genealogy of the Saints. (Iolo MSS. 137.) Or else he might have been
the son of Llywarch Hen,--

"Och Cynddilig, na buost wraig!"
Oh, Cynddilig, why wert thou not a woman!

(Elegy on O