MADOG DWYGRAIG (fl. c. 1370), poet

one of the last of the ‘Gogynfeirdd’ group. A number of his awdlau remain in the ‘Red Book of Hergest’ and other MSS. They include religious and satirical poems, and also ones addressed to Hopcyn ap Thomas ab Einion of Ynys Dawy, Gruffudd ap Madog of Llechwedd Ystrad, and Morgan Dafydd ap Llywarch of Ystrad Tywi. A number of these were included in Myv. Arch.

Author

• Ray Looker

Sources

• Jones and Lewis, Mynegai i Farddoniaeth y Llawysgrifau (1928);
• NLW MS 4973;
• The Myvyrian Archaiology of Wales, 1870, 321-7;
• Cymru yn hanesyddol, parthedegol, a bywgraphyddol (1875).

Additional Links

• Wikidata: Q20733871

Published date: 1959

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