Etmic Dinbych

Etmic Dinbych ( Welsh for 'in praise of Tenby ') is a Welsh poem or praise song, in reference to Tenby (Welsh: Dinbych-y-pysgod), in modern Pembrokeshire, Wales.

It's the earliest reference to a settlement at Tenby. The poem is probably from the 9th century, preserved in the 14th-century Book of Taliesin, ^[1] although it wasn't written by the poet Taliesin. ^[2] It was probably produced by a court poet in Dyfed to celebrate the New Year. It is the only court poem from South Wales from before the era of the Poets of the Princes that has survived. ^[3] It survived as part of five diverse Welsh manuscripts possibly written at Cwmhir Abbey. ^[4]

It was partly a lament for Bleiddud, Lord of Tenby. ^[5]

References

1. Pryce 1998, p. 29.
2. Nagy 2005, pp. 91–92.
3. "'Edmyg Dinbych': Cerdd Lys Gynnar o Ddyfed". University of Wales bookshop.
4. Nagy 2005, p. 91.
5. Charles-Edwards 2012, p. 659.

Sources

• Charles-Edwards, T. M. (2012). Wales and the Britons, 350-1064 . Oxford University Press. ISBN   9780191744778 . Retrieved 30 April 2025.
• Pryce, Huw, ed. (1998). Literacy in Medieval Celtic Societies. Cambridge University Press. p. 29. ISBN   9780521570398.
• Nagy, Joseph Falaky (2005). "ʻ"The Praise of Tenby": A Late-Ninth-Century Welsh Court Poemʼ". Heroic poets and poetic heroes in Celtic tradition : a festschrift for Patrick K. Ford. Dublin: Four Courts Press. pp. 91–102. ISBN   978-1-85182-849-4 . Retrieved 1 May 2025.

External Links

• "The Praise of Tenby: Original Welsh followed by English Translation". Heroic poets and poetic heroes in Celtic tradition : a festschrift for Patrick K. Ford. Translated by Gruffydd, R Geraint. Dublin: Four Courts Press. 2005. pp. 96–99. ISBN   978-1-85182-849-4 . Retrieved 1 May 2025.