Aneirin

British

/ əˈnaɪərɪn /

noun

6th century _ad , Welsh poet. His Y Gododdin , preserved in The Book of Aneirin (?1250), is one of the earliest surviving Welsh poems

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"It was a great experience to be back on Sunday," said the Reverend Aneirin Glyn, of the Welsh Church of St Benet, in the City of London.

From BBC • Jul. 11, 2020

One of the exhibits is the 13th Century Book of Aneirin, which includes a 6th Century poem describing a battle near what is now Catterick in North Yorkshire.

From BBC • Jul. 30, 2017

This spelling of his name is comparatively modern, and in the old manuscripts it is given as Aneirin.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 5 "Cat" to "Celt" by Various

The second manuscript is the Book of Aneirin, a small quarto manuscript of nineteen leaves of vellum, written about 1250.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 5 "Cat" to "Celt" by Various

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