Mythology, Celtic -- Wales; Tales -- Wales; Welsh literature -- 1100-1400 -- Translations into English
would clear three hundred acres at one bound. The chief leaper of
Ireland was he). Sol, and Gwadyn Ossol and Gwadyn Odyeith. (Sol could
stand all day upon one foot. Gwadyn Ossol, if he stood upon the top of
the highest mountain in the world, it would become a level plain under
his feet. Gwadyn Odyeith, the soles of his feet emitted sparks of fire
when they struck upon things hard, like the heated mass when drawn out of
the forge. He cleared the way for Arthur when he came to any stoppage.)
Hirerwm and Hiratrwm. (The day they went on a visit three Cantrevs
provided for their entertainment, and they feasted until noon and drank
until night, when they went to sleep. And then they devoured the heads
of the vermin through hunger, as if they had never eaten anything. When
they made a visit, they left neither the fat nor the lean, neither the
hot nor the cold, the sour nor the sweet, the fresh nor the salt, the
boiled nor the raw.) Huarwar the son of Aflawn, (who asked Arthur such a
boon as would satisfy him. It was the third great plague of Cornwall
when he received it. None could get a smile from him but when he was
satisfied). Gware Gwallt Euryn. The two cubs of Gast Rhymi, Gwyddrud
and Gwyddneu Astrus. Sugyn the son of Sugnedydd, (who would suck up the
sea on which were three hundred ships, so as to leave nothing but a dry
strand. He was broad-chested). {76a} Rhacymwri, the attendant of
Arthur; (whatever barn he was shown, were there the produce of thirty
ploughs within it, he would strike it with an iron flail until the
rafters, the beams, and the boards, were no better than the small oats in
the mow upon the floor of the barn). Dygyflwng, and Anoeth Veidawg. And
Hir Eiddyl, and Hir Amreu, (they were two attendants of Arthur). And
Gwevyl the son of Gwestad, (on the day that he was sad, he would let one
of his lips drop below his waist, while he turned up the other like a cap
upon his head). Uchtryd Varyf Draws, (who spread his red untrimmed beard
over the eight-and-forty rafters which were in Arthur's Hall). Elidyr
Gyvarwydd, Yskyrdav, and Yscudydd, (two attendants of Gwenhwyvar were
they. Their feet were swift as their thoughts when bearing a message).
Brys the son of Bryssethach, (from the Hill of the Black Fernbrake in
North Britain). And Grudlwyn Gorr. Bwlch, and Kyfwlch, and Sefwlch, the
sons of Cleddyf Kyfwlch, the grandsons of Cleddyf Difwlch. (Their three
shields were three gleaming glitterers; their three spears were three
pointed piercers; their three swords were three griding gashers; Glas,
Glessic, and Gleisad. Their three dogs, Call, Cuall, and Cavall. Their
three horses, Hwyrdyddwd, and Drwgdyddwd, and Llwyrdyddwg. {77a} Their
three wives, Och, and Garym, and Diaspad. Their three grand-children,
Lluched, and Neved, and Eissiwed. Their three daughters, Drwg, and
Gwaeth, and Gwaethav Oll. Their three handmaids, Eheubryd the daughter
of Kyfwlch, Gorascwrn the daughter of Nerth, Ewaedan the daughter of
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