{133c} “Medut,” from “meddu,” to possess, or it may signify “_drunk_,” from “meddw.” The kindling of the fire seems to have been for the purpose of annoying the enemy. Perhaps the allusion to fires, which occurs so frequently in the Poem, may, in some measure, explain the burnt and calcined features of many of our old camps. {133d} Cynon was probably the general of this camp, under whom Morien fought. {133e} “Welei.” Al. _make_. {133f} Meaning _himself_. Another reading of the latter part of the line would be “with his brass armour shattered.” {133g} I.e. the camp occupied by the enemy, as the next line clearly indicates. {134a} “Noc ac escyc,” from “ysgog,” to stir. Al. “Noe ac Eseye,” as if they were the names of some Saxon officers, who hurled the stone. In this case we should render it, “Noe and Eseye hurled a massive stone from the wall of the fort, And never,” &c. as if he were crushed beneath it. Adopting the former reading, however, we must observe the point of the words “ysgyg” and “ysgogit,” the one indicative of his undaunted courage, the other of his motionless state in death. “Marw yw— Nid ysgyg er meddyg mwy.”—Dr. S. Cent. He is dead; he will stir no more for all the doctor’s art. {134b} Cyhadvan, cyd advan, a co-retreat. {134c} Al. Teithan. {134d} Or “tumultuous,” annovawc, from _an_ not and _dov_, tame, gentle, Al. “anvonawc,” sent, ordered. {134e} See a description of his warlike character in the thirtieth stanza. {134f} That is, Morien himself, who bore the epithet Mynawg or Manawg, (_high-minded_.) See preceding stanza, note two. {134g} “Yn trwm,” as a person “seirchiawc saphwyawc—(and perhaps) elydnan,” would necessarily be. The bundles of combustible materials, which he also carried, would add to the weight of his armour, and tend to retard his movements. Or, “yn trwm” may refer to the battle, as being a _pressure_, or a _sad_ affair. {135a} Qu. Pedrawg, whose son Bedwyr was one of the three crowned chiefs of battle? {135b} “Varchawc” may be coupled with “fowys,” indicating that the enemy fled on horseback. {135c} “Cylchwy,” means a circular inclosure as well as a shield, and in that sense it can be taken here, as showing that Morien surrounded the camp with fire. {135d} “Gwyth;” another reading gives “gwych,” which would have the same meaning as “gowychydd,” line 296. {135e} Whether we read “ceinion” or “gleinion,” we should have the same meaning, viz.—“of the saints,” the Britons being thus distinguished from the pagan Saxons. Thus Llywarch Hen says of Geraint that he was “Gelyn i Sais, car i saint.” The Saxon’s foe, the friend of Saints.