{185c} “Naw rhiallu;” the literal amount of this force would be 900,000; “naw,” however, may have here the meaning of “nawv,” _floating_; “naw rhiallu,” a fleet. {185d} “Gorddinau;” from “gorddin,” what impels or drives forward; or the word may mean _tribes_, from “cordd”; and then the passage would be: “In the face of blood, of the country, and of the tribes.” {185e} Cynddilig was introduced to our notice before, (line 645) as a person who loved the world in company with the melody-seeking Eidol. {186a} Or, “as the alternative.” {186b} That this is a proper name, appears from the following passage in Taliesin’s “Canu y Cwrw;”— “Ev cyrch cerddorion Se syberw Seon Neu’r dierveis i rin Ymordei Uffin Ymhoroedd Gododin.” {186c} Or, “who caused the stream of blood.” {186d} Gwenddoleu ap Ceidiaw is recorded in the Triads as the head of one of the three “teulu diwair,” or faithful tribes of the Isle of Britain, because his men maintained the war for six weeks after he was slain in the battle of Arderydd, A.D. 577. He is also joined with Cynvar and Urien, under the title of the three “tarw cad” or bulls of battle, on account of their impetuosity in rushing upon the enemy. {187a} “Pen o draed;” from head to foot. Not, as Davies translates it, “from the highest to the lowest,” as is evident from a similar phrase in Cynddelw, (Myv. Arch. vol. i. p. 220.) “Yd kwytynt pennawr penn o draed;” where the word “pennawr” refers to one particular rank, if not to an individual. {187b} See line 344. {187c} See line 324. {187d} See line 335. {187e} Lit. “after their conflict.” {188a} “Tra;” “whilst the gory pool continued to fill.” {188b} “Erchyn;” al. “echyn,” “and slew them like a hero; they were not saved.” {188c} Or, “he darted with the spear,” or, “they were prostrated with the spear.” {188d} “A medd,” with the mead. He abandoned the social banquet, or a life of luxury, at the call of public duty. {188e} Al. “Is there a place where the people do not relate the greatness of his counsel?” {188f} “Bwylliadau,” (i.e. bwyelliadau) the strokes of his battle-axe. Another version gives “bwyll yaddeu,” which may be rendered, “Pwyll assaulted.” “With a rush Pwyll made the assault.” {188g} “Lliveit handit;” which were sharpened. {188h} Al. “Where his founding blade was seen.” {189a} Or, “maintenance for.” {189b} There were two persons who bore this name in the sixth century, the one was Pryderi the son of Dolor, chief of the people of Deivyr and Bryneich, and was distinguished with Tinwaed and Rhineri, under the epithet of the three strong cripples of the isle of Britain: “Tri Gwrddvaglawg ynys Prydain; Rhineri mab Tangwn; a Thinwaed Vaglawg; a Phryderi mab Doler Deivr a Bryneich.” (Triad, 75.)