Llygad Gŵr
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Llygad Gŵr (fl. 1268 or 1258 – c. 1293,Lynch 2000:167) was a Welsh-language poet in the court of Llywelyn ap Gruffudd.
His surviving works are a sequence of five awdlau for Llywelyn and four poems that praise the dynasty of Powys Fadog.Lynch 2000:173
In his poetry, he envisions Wales as a single united nation with Llywelyn as its head and supreme power: "the true king of Wales". This has been called "the most 'nationalist' poetry in Welsh before the days of Glyn Dwr".Lloyd 1959
Sources
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- {{cite DWB|id=s-LLYG-GWR-1268 |title=Llygad Gŵr |first=David Myrddin |last=Lloyd |year=1959 |access-date=16 October 2015}}
- J. Lloyd-Jones, 'The Court Poets of the Welsh Princes', Proceedings of the British Academy, 1948
- P. I. Lynch, 'Court Poetry, Power and Politics' in The Welsh King and His Court pp. 167–190, edited by T. M. Charles-Edwards, Morfydd E. Owen and Paul Russell, University of Wales Press, Cardiff, 2000.
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External links
- [http://www.oxforddnb.com/index/75/101075851/ Llygad Gŵr], Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
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Category:13th-century Welsh poets
Category:Year of death unknown