ble that the eagle was charged on Geraint's
standard, for it is also frequently alluded to in Llywarch Hen's
Elegy--e.g.

"Oedd re redaint dan vorddwyd Geraint,
Garhirion, grawn odew,
Rhuddion, rhuthr eryron glew."

Under the thigh of Geraint were fleet runners,
With long hams, fattened with corn;
They were red ones; their assault was like the bold eagles.

{193a} "Lledvegin," an animal partly reared in a domestic way. We have
chosen the lamb as being one of the animals most commonly reared in this
manner. Nevertheless, a previous wildness, with reference to the
military aspect of his character, might be intended to be conveyed in
this epithet.

"_Lledvegyn_ is a kine, or what shall be tamed in a house; namely,
such as a fawn, or a fox, or a wild beast similar to those." (Welsh
Laws.)

{193b} "Rhan," see lines 40 and 732.

{193c} Or, "He presided over the feast, pouring from the horn the
splendid mead." So Cynddelw,--

"Baran lew llew lloegyr oual
Lleduegin gwin gwyrt uual." (Myv. Arch. v. i. p. 225.)

{193d} As the natural consequence of military operations.

{193e} "Llawr llaned," ground of smooth surface. Al. "llanwed," every
region was filled with slaughter.

{193f} "Hual amhaval," like a fetter. "Avneued" from "avn," courage.

{194a} The sound of the name, in connection with the word "hual," in a
former line, makes it very probable that the hero mentioned was of the
tribe of Caswallon Law Hir, celebrated as one of the "hualogion deulu" of
the Isle of Britain, called so because the men bound themselves together
with the
"hualau," or fetters of their horses, to sustain the attack of Serigi
Wyddel, whom Caswallon slew with his own hand, when he drove the Irish
out of Anglesey.

"Tri hualogion teulu Y. P. Teulu Caswallon Llawhir a ddodasant hualeu
eu Meirch ar eu traed pob deu o naddynt wrth ymladd a Serigi Wyddel
yng Cerrig y Gwyddyl y Mon, a theulu Rhiwallon mab Uryen yn ymladd ar
Saeson, a theulu Belyn o Leyn yn ymladd ag Etwyn ym mryn Ceneu yn
Rhos." (Triad 49, first series.)

Caswallon Law Hir was the son of Einion Yrth ab Cunedda Wledig, king of
Gododin. He succeeded to the sovereignty of North Wales, A.D. 443, and
is said to have died in 517. There was a Cas son of Seidi, who was one
of the heroes of Arthur's Court.

{194b} A hundred in the middle part of North Wales, so called from
Rhuvon son of Cunedda Wledig