Dafydd ap Gwilym (c. 1315/1320 – c. 1350/1370) is regarded as one of the leading Welsh poets and among the great poets of Europe in the Middle Ages. Dafydd’s...
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The Dafydd ap Gwilym Society is the Welsh society at the University of Oxford. It is a Welsh language society, as opposed to a society of Welsh people...
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Gwynedd Dafydd ap Gruffydd (1238–1283), Prince of Wales Dafydd Goch, said to be the illegitimate son of Dafydd ap Gruffydd Dafydd ap Gwilym (c. 1315/1320–c...
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members of Cymdeithas Dafydd ap Gwilym [cy] (the Dafydd ap Gwilym Society), which was founded in 1886 and is still a students' society. In 1889 Morris-Jones...
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Though it is included in both of the modern editions of the works of Dafydd ap Gwilym, widely seen as the greatest of the Welsh poets, it is not typical...
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Studies. In 2007, she was president of the Dafydd ap Gwilym Society, the university's Welsh-language society. Jewell spent five and a half years as a researcher...
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Dafydd Rhys ap Thomas (2 May 1912 – 19 May 2011) was a Welsh theologian, specialising in Old Testament studies. Thomas was born in Menai Bridge, Anglesey...
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Cymdeithas Dafydd ap Gwilym, (Dafydd ap Gwilym Society) the Oxford University Welsh society, named after the 14th-century Welsh poet, Dafydd ap Gwilym. Gallery...
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Tudur ap Goronwy and Marged ferch Tomos (a descendant of Llywelyn Fawr); alongside Ednyfed ap Tudor, Rhys ap Tudur, Goronwy ap Tudor and Gwilym ap Tudur...
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Aled and Gutun Owain. The main themes of Dafydd’s poetry were love and nature in the tradition of Dafydd ap Gwilym. His best-known poems include the following...
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The Wind (poem) (category Poetry by Dafydd ap Gwilym)
love poem in the form of a cywydd by the 14th-century Welsh poet Dafydd ap Gwilym. Dafydd is widely seen as the greatest of the Welsh poets, and this is...
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lawyer. During his time at St John's, he became a member of the Dafydd ap Gwilym society there. He was also a market gardener. He was a teenager when the...
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The Seagull (poem) (category Poetry by Dafydd ap Gwilym)
in 30 lines by the 14th-century Welsh poet Dafydd ap Gwilym, probably written in or around the 1340s. Dafydd is widely seen as the greatest of the Welsh...
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"To the Yew Tree Above Dafydd ap Gwilym's Grave" (Welsh: Yr Ywen uwchben Bedd Dafydd ap Gwilym) is a 14th-century Welsh-language poem in the form of a...
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The Woodland Mass (category Poetry by Dafydd ap Gwilym)
Llwyn) is a poem in the form of a cywydd by the 14th-century bard Dafydd ap Gwilym, widely seen as the greatest of the Welsh poets. It is one of his most...
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The Girls of Llanbadarn (category Poetry by Dafydd ap Gwilym)
14th-century Welsh poet Dafydd ap Gwilym, in which he mocks his own lack of success with the girls of his neighbourhood. Dafydd is widely seen as the greatest...
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ap Nudd, you who are yonder in the forest, for love of your mate, permit us to enter your dwelling." The celebrated fourteenth-century bard Dafydd ap...
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having six sons: Goronwy ap Tudur; Rhys ap Tudur (by Mallt); Ednyfed ap Tudur; Gwilym ap Tudur; Rhys ap Tudur (by Marged); Maredudd ap Tudur. All rose to positions...
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Trouble at a Tavern (category Poetry by Dafydd ap Gwilym)
poet Dafydd ap Gwilym, in which the poet comically narrates the mishaps which prevent him from keeping a midnight assignation with a girl. Dafydd is widely...
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The Poet and the Grey Friar (category Poetry by Dafydd ap Gwilym)
satirical poem in the form of a traethodl by the 14th-century Welsh poet Dafydd ap Gwilym, widely seen as the greatest of the Welsh-language poets. In it he...
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Margaret were parents to Maredudd ap Tudur (died 1406). Maredudd married Margaret ferch Dafydd, the daughter of Dafydd Fychan, Lord of Anglesey, and his...
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The Magpie's Advice (category Poetry by Dafydd ap Gwilym)
poem in the form of a cywydd by the pre-eminent Welsh-language poet, Dafydd ap Gwilym. The poet portrays himself as an overage lover who bemoans his romantic...
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2003. He secured a Plaid Cymru nomination for a peerage alongside Eurfyl ap Gwilym and Janet Davies. He initially withdrew his candidature after complaining...
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Gruffydd Llwyd, while on his mother's side he was related to poet Dafydd ap Gwilym. Rhys was great-great-grandson of thirteenth-century nobleman and dynastic...
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ferch Dafydd Gam (died 1454), described by Welsh poet Lewys Glyn Cothi as 'The Star of Abergavenny' for her beauty. She was the daughter of Sir Dafydd Gam...
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serving Llywelyn the Great and later his son Dafydd ap Llywelyn. He claimed descent from Marchudd ap Cynan, Lord of Rhos and 'protector' of Rhodri the...
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His Shadow (category Poetry by Dafydd ap Gwilym)
Gysgod) is a poem in the form of a cywydd by the 14th-century bard Dafydd ap Gwilym, widely considered the greatest of the Welsh poets. It relates a conversation...
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'school teacher of History.' He came under the influence of the Dafydd ap Gwilym Society at Oxford, establishing friendships with other students who later...
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acclaimed poem, and has been compared favourably with the finest poems of Dafydd ap Gwilym, who is often considered the greatest of the Welsh poets. This is based...
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most notable of Iolo's poems, comparable with the finest works of Dafydd ap Gwilym, and its popularity in the Middle Ages can be judged from the fact...
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