Gramadeg Einion Offeiriad / Welsh Grammar of Einion Offeiriad

This material is held atArchifdy Prifysgol Bangor / Bangor University Archives

  • Reference
    • GB 222 BMSS/1
  • Dates of Creation
    • 1316-1330
  • Language of Material
    • Welsh
  • Physical Description
    • 42 folios

Scope and Content

Dyma'r gramadeg Cymraeg hynaf, a gyfansoddwyd oddeutu 1322-1330. Ystyrir bod y copi yma yn un o'r pedwar o'r rhai cynharaf.

Mae'r gramadeg yn trafod celfyddyd cerdd dafod, ac yn rhoddi talfyriad Cymraeg o'r gramadeg Lladin a ddefnyddid yn yr Oesoedd Canol.

Am ragor o wybodaeth gweler Bwletin y Bwrdd Gwybodau Celtaidd, Cyf. II, t.t. 184-200.

The manuscript discusses the Welsh tradition of creating a verse or poetry to a strict metre in the Welsh language known as “cerdd dafod”. It also provides an abbreviated Welsh translation of the Latin grammar used in the Middle Ages. It is considered to be one of the oldest Welsh grammars in existence.

Administrative / Biographical History

Einion Offeiriad, Rector of the parish church of Llanrug, north Wales, fl. 1320

Access Information

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Another catalogue description can be found here https://archiveshub.jisc.ac.uk/data/gb222-bmssgeo