“Tri Llynghesawg ynys Prydain; Geraint mab Erbin; Gwenwynwyn mab Nav; a March mab Meirchion; a chweugain llong gan bob un o’r Llynghesogion, a chweugain llongwyr ymhob llong.” (Triad 68, Third series.) Llywarch Hen wrote an Elegy upon Geraint, in which the place of his death is thus mentioned;— “Yn Llongborth y llas Geraint, Gwr dewr o goettir Dyvnaint, Wyntwy yn lladd gyd a’s lleddaint.” At Llongborth was Geraint slain, A strenuous warrior from the woodland of Dyvnaint, Slaughtering his foes as he fell. Geraint ab Erbin was the grandfather of Aneurin, but as he died in king Arthur’s time, A.D. 530, we can hardly identify him with the Geraint of the text, who probably was a son, or some other relation, that had inherited his fleet. {192a} “Llwch gwyn,” probably “Vanduara,” _Gwyn Dwr_, or White Water, which seems to have been one of the old designations of a river in Renfrewshire. (See _Caledonia Romana_, p. 143.) Adar y y llwch gwyn, the birds of the white lake, is a mythological epithet for vultures. Their history is recorded in the Iolo MSS. p. 600. {192b} Al. “There was a white badge on his shield.” {192c} Lit. “his anchor.” {192d} “Cyman,” “cydvan,” (i.e. cyd man) the place of gathering. Al. “his broken anchor.” {192e} It is not improbable that the eagle was charged on Geraint’s standard, for it is also frequently alluded to in Llywarch Hen’s Elegy—e.g. “Oedd re redaint dan vorddwyd Geraint, Garhirion, grawn odew, Rhuddion, rhuthr eryron glew.” Under the thigh of Geraint were fleet runners, With long hams, fattened with corn; They were red ones; their assault was like the bold eagles. {193a} “Lledvegin,” an animal partly reared in a domestic way. We have chosen the lamb as being one of the animals most commonly reared in this manner. Nevertheless, a previous wildness, with reference to the military aspect of his character, might be intended to be conveyed in this epithet. “_Lledvegyn_ is a kine, or what shall be tamed in a house; namely, such as a fawn, or a fox, or a wild beast similar to those.” (Welsh Laws.) {193b} “Rhan,” see lines 40 and 732. {193c} Or, “He presided over the feast, pouring from the horn the splendid mead.” So Cynddelw,— “Baran lew llew lloegyr oual Lleduegin gwin gwyrt uual.” (Myv. Arch. v. i. p. 225.) {193d} As the natural consequence of military operations. {193e} “Llawr llaned,” ground of smooth surface. Al. “llanwed,” every region was filled with slaughter. {193f} “Hual amhaval,” like a fetter. “Avneued” from “avn,” courage.