GRUFFUDD ab ADDA ap DAFYDD (fl. 1340-1370), poet and prose writer

He was a contemporary and friend of Dafydd ap Gwilym, who composed a marwnad upon him. From this poem we gather that he was a native of Powys Wenwynwyn and was killed by a friend's sword at Dolgelley, where he lies buried. For his poetry see Jones and Lewis, Mynegai, and Brogyntyn MS. 2 in the National Library of Wales. Rhetorical compositions attributed to him and entitled ' Breuddwyd Gruffudd ab Adda ap Dafydd,' and ' Trwstaneiddiwch Gruffudd ab Adda ap Dafydd,' have been published by D. Gwenallt Jones in his Areithiau Prôs, 18, 33. A musical composition under the title 'Caingc Ruffudd ab Adda' appears in The Myvyrian Archaiology of Wales .

Author

• Walter Thomas Morgan, (1912 - 1990)

Sources

• Ifor Williams and Thomas Roberts (eds.), Cywyddau Dafydd ap Gwilym a'i Gyfoeswyr, 1935, lxxxix

Additional Links

• Wikidata: Q18535645

Published date: 1959

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