History of WalesHanes Cymru / Ancient WalesCymru Hynafol
fl. late 6th century
Court poet to Urien of Rheged, honoured for centuries as the greatest of the early bards.Bardd llys Urien Rheged, a anrhydeddwyd am ganrifoedd fel y mwyaf o’r Cynfeirdd.
Taliesin was a poet of the late 6th century who sang the praises of Urien, king of Rheged in what is now northern England and southern Scotland. A small group of poems in the 14th-century Book of Taliesin are thought to be genuinely his.
Later legend turned him into a magical figure, the boy Gwion Bach who was reborn from the witch Ceridwen. For medieval poets he was the model of the inspired bard.
Bardd o ddiwedd y chweched ganrif oedd Taliesin, a ganodd glod Urien, brenin Rheged yn yr Hen Ogledd. Credir bod rhai o’r cerddi yn Llyfr Taliesin o’r bedwaredd ganrif ar ddeg yn waith dilys iddo.
Trodd chwedloniaeth ddiweddarach ef yn ffigwr hudol, y bachgen Gwion Bach a aileni o groth y wrach Ceridwen. I feirdd yr Oesoedd Canol, ef oedd delfryd y bardd awenus.
Led British resistance to Rome alongside the Silures and Ordovices. Captured and taken to Rome, he won his freedom with a famous speech.Arweiniodd y gwrthwynebiad i Rufain gyda’r Silwriaid a’r Ordofigiaid. Ar ôl ei ddal a’i gludo i Rufain, enillodd ei ryddid ag araith enwog.
King of Gwynedd and the most powerful ruler in sixth-century Britain, with his court at Deganwy.Brenin Gwynedd a rheolwr mwyaf grymus Prydain yn y chweched ganrif, gyda’i lys yn Negannwy.
Founded a monastery and school at Llanilltud Fawr in the Vale of Glamorgan, said to be the first great centre of learning in Britain.Sefydlodd fynachlog ac ysgol yn Llanilltud Fawr ym Mro Morgannwg, y dywedir mai hi oedd canolfan ddysg fawr gyntaf Prydain.
Founder of the monastery at St Davids. His last words are remembered as ‘Gwnewch y pethau bychain’: do the little things.Sefydlydd y fynachlog yn Nhyddewi. Cofir ei eiriau olaf: ‘Gwnewch y pethau bychain’.