Aneirin

Brythonic (Welsh) poet; author of the Gododdin.

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Also known as Aneurin · Neirin

Born: 525
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1.louaneg.diwan.bzh/diwan/brezhoneg/
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Died: 600
Birthplace: Dumbarton
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1.books.google.fr/books?id=YOARAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA1#v=onepage&q=Aneurin&f=false
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Citizenship: Hen Ogledd
Occupation: poet
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1.Stated in Library of the World's Best Literature
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, bard
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1.Stated in Integrated Authority FileRetrieved 2026-04-20
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Languages spoken, written or signed: Welsh

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Aneirin, also rendered as Aneurin or Neirin and Aneurin Gwawdrydd, was an early Medieval Brythonic war poet who lived during the 6th century. He is believed to have been a bard or court poet in one of the Cumbric kingdoms of the Old North, probably that of Gododdin at Edinburgh, in modern Scotland. From the 17th century, he was usually known as Aneurin.

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Sex or gender: male
Copyright status as a creator: copyrights on works have expired applies to jurisdiction: worldwide
Pseudonym: Neirin
Related category: Q93228222

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