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Bonhedd Gwŷr y Gogledd Yw Hyn
The following genealogy, commonly called Bonhedd Gwŷr y Gogledd 'Descent of the Men of the North', is found in Hengwrt MS. 536 and gives family lines for several of the famous characters of the Old North.
The passages have been given in their original Medieval Welsh, since they are easy enough to understand. The word mab means 'son (of)', meib(y)on means 'sons (of)' and a means 'and'.
| • | Uryen vab Kynvarch mab Meirchaʋn mab Gorust Ledlʋm mab Keneu mab Coel. |
| • | Llywarch Hen mab Elidyr Lydanwyn mab Meirchaʋn mab Gorust mab Keneu mab Coel. |
| • | Clydno Eidin a Chynan Genhir a Chynvelyn Drʋsgyl a Chatraʋt Calchvynyd meibon Kynnʋyt Kynnʋydyon mab Kynvelyn mab Arthwys mab Mar mab Keneu mab Coel. |
| • | Dunaʋt a Cherwyd a Sawyl Penuchel meibyon Pabo Post Prydein mab Arthwys mab Mar mab Keneu mab Coel. |
| • | Gʋrgi a Pheredur meibon Eliffer Gosgordvaʋr mab Arthwys mab Keneu mab Coel. |
| • | Gwendoleu a Nud a Chof meibyon Keidyaʋ mab Arthwys mab Mar mab Keneu mab Coel. |
| • | Trychan cledyf kynverchyn a ttrychan ysgʋyt kynnʋdyon a ttrychan wayʋ coeling pa neges bynhac yd elynt iddi yn duvn. Nyt amethei hon honno. |
| Three hundred swords of the descendants of Cynfarch, and three hundred shields of the descendants of Cynwyd, and three hundred spears of the descendants of Coel: whatever expedition they went to deeply, that never failed. | |
| • | Ryderch Hael mab Tutwal Tutclyt mab Kedic mab Dyvynwal Hen. |
| • | Mordaf mab Servan mab Kedic mab Dyfynwal Hen. |
| • | Elffin mab Gʋydno mab Caʋrdaf mab Garmonyaʋn mab Dyfynwal Hen. |
| • | Gauran mab Aedan Uradaʋc mab Dyvynwal Hen mab Idnyvet mab Maxen Wledic amheraʋdyr Ruvein. |
| • | Elidyr Mʋynvaʋr mab Gorust Priodaʋr mab Dyfynwal Hen. |
| • | Huallu mab Tutvʋlch Corneu tywyssaʋc o Kernyʋ a Dywana merch Amlaʋt Wledic y vam. |
| H, son of T.C. prince of Cornwall, and D. daughter of A.W. (was) his mother. |