Lludd

American  

[lyth] / lüð /

Welsh Nudd or Ludd

noun

Welsh Legend.

1. a king of Britain who rid his kingdom of three plagues and was famous for his generosity: sometimes regarded as a god.

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Example Sentences

And thereupon King Lludd went after him and spoke unto him thus. 

From The Mabinogion Vol. 3 by Edwards, Owen Morgan, Sir

And some time after this Lludd caused the Island to be measured in its length and in its breadth. 

From The Mabinogion Vol. 3 by Edwards, Owen Morgan, Sir

And when they were made ready, they went into their ships, Lludd and those whom he p. 111chose with him. 

From The Mabinogion Vol. 3 by Edwards, Owen Morgan, Sir

But the confusion may be accidental, nor is it certain that Nodons or Lludd was a sea-god.

From The Religion of the Ancient Celts by MacCulloch, J. A.

This volume contains the oldest of the Mabinogion—the p. 8four branches of the Mabinogion proper—and the kindred tale of Lludd and Llevelys. 

From The Mabinogion Vol. 3 by Edwards, Owen Morgan, Sir