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Trioedd Ynys Prydein ‘The triads of the Island of Britain’

  • Middle Welsh, Early Modern Welsh
  • prose
  • Medieval Welsh literature

A colllection of Welsh triads.

Language
  • Middle Welsh Early Modern Welsh
  • Middle Welsh, Early Modern Welsh (additions)
Form
prose (primary)
Associated items
Trioedd y meirchTrioedd y meirch

A collection of Welsh triads on the subject of special horses that belonged to celebrated heroes of the past, many of them attributed with extraordinary abilities or physical features. The earliest known version is a prose fragment preserved in the Black Book of Carmarthen containing four such triads. The collection is usually found as a distinct group within Trioedd Ynys Prydein, corresponding to triads 38–46c of Bromwich’s edition of that text.

Classification

Medieval Welsh literatureMedieval Welsh literature
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Sources

Primary sources Text editions and/or modern translations – in whole or in part – along with publications containing additions and corrections, if known. Diplomatic editions, facsimiles and digital image reproductions of the manuscripts are not always listed here but may be found in entries for the relevant manuscripts. For historical purposes, early editions, transcriptions and translations are not excluded, even if their reliability does not meet modern standards.

[ed.] [tr.] Bromwich, Rachel, Trioedd Ynys Prydein: the triads of the Island of Britain, 4th ed., Cardiff: University of Wales Press, 2014.  
The fourth edition, which appeared in print and as an e-book, is essentially a reprint of the third edition published in 2006, but includes minor corrections by Dafydd Johnston and a new preface by Morfydd E. Owen.
[ed.] [tr.] Bromwich, Rachel [ed. and tr.], Trioedd Ynys Prydein: the triads of the Island of Britain, 3rd ed., Cardiff: University of Wales Press, 2006.
[ed.] [tr.] Bromwich, Rachel [ed. and tr.], Trioedd Ynys Prydein: the Welsh Triads, 2nd ed., Cardiff: University of Wales Press, 1978.
[ed.] [tr.] Bromwich, Rachel [ed. and tr.], Trioedd Ynys Prydein: the Welsh Triads, 1st ed., Cardiff: University of Wales Press, 1961.
[dipl. ed.] Thomas, Peter Wynn [ed.], D. Mark Smith, and Diana Luft [transcribers and encoders], Welsh prose (Rhyddiaith Gymraeg) 1300–1425, Online: Cardiff University, 2007–present. URL: <http://www.rhyddiaithganoloesol.caerdydd.ac.uk>.
Transcriptions.
Contributors
Dennis Groenewegen
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July 2012, last updated: January 2024