Celtic Texts: Goreiste ar vrynn aeruyn uym bryt: Sitting High Upon a Hill, battling my aspect

This is the original version of the poem Goreiste ar vrynn aeruyn uym bryt (Sitting High Upon a Hill, battling my aspect) [also known as Claf Abercuawg; the Patient of Abercuawg] from the the Llyfr Coch Hergest (Red Book of Hergest). It is rendered as close as possible to the original using my font, Mabinogi Celtic which is free for anyone to download and install.

⮒laf ﬇ercuag.

⮙oeıste ar ﬋﬌nn a eru﬌n u﬌m ﬇r﬌t,
a ﬉eu﬌t n﬌m k﬌c﬉﬌n.
﬇﬌r ﬋﬌n teıt﬉ ; ﬒ıffeıt﬉ ﬋﬌n t﬌﬒﬌n.

ﬕem ael; llm ﬇ene﬒﬌r ﬇﬌.
an o﬑ıſc coet tegl﬌
﬉af, ter﬌﬒ glaf ﬌f ﬉e﬒ı.

﬌t ﬌f an﬉﬌et . mılet n﬌ c﬉ataf.
n﬌ allaf ﬒ar﬌mret.
tra ﬋o ﬒a gan goc, canet —

⮒oc lauar a gan gan ﬒﬌﬒
k﬌freu eıc﬉﬌ac ﬌n ﬒ol﬌﬒ cua﬑c.
gell coac no c﬉e﬇﬌﬒.

⮰n a﬇er cuac ﬌t ganant gogeu
ar gang﬉eu ﬇lo﬒euac
coc lauar, canet ﬌ra﬑c.

⮰n a﬇er cuac ﬌t ganant gogeu
ar gang﬉eu ﬇lo﬒euac.
gae glaf a'e cl﬌ ﬌n ﬋o﬒a﬑c.

⮰n a﬇er cuac, cogeu a ganant.
﬌s atuant gan ﬋﬌m ﬇r﬌t
ae kıgleu nas cl﬌ ﬉eu﬌t.
eus e[n]﬒eeıs ı goc ar eı﬒o﬑c ﬇renn.
neur laeſſ﬌s ﬋﬌g k﬌lc﬉﬌.
etlıt a gereıs neut m﬋﬌.

⮰n ﬌ vann o﬒﬌c﬉ onn ﬒ar
﬌﬒ e[n]﬒eeıs ı leıs a﬒ar
coc uann, cof gan ﬇a a gar.

⮞et﬉l﬌﬒ kat﬉﬌l uo﬒ac ﬉ıraet﬉ac ﬌ ef,
teıt﬉ o﬒ef, tut﬉ ﬉e﬇ac.
coc ﬋reuer ﬌n a﬇er cua﬑c.

⮙or﬒﬌ar a﬒ar . gl﬌﬇ neınt.
ew﬌rc﬉﬌t lloer . oer ﬒eeınt
creı ﬋﬌m ﬇r﬌t rac gofıt ﬉eınt.

⮙﬑﬌nn gart﬉af [﬇re ; gwl﬌﬇] neınt . ﬒eeınt ﬉ır.
keınm﬌gır o﬇ k﬌reınt.
﬒﬌l﬌n ﬌t﬉ ﬉un ﬌ ﬉eneınt.

⮙or﬒﬌ar a﬒ar . gl﬌﬇ gro
﬒eıl c﬌﬒ıt . ﬒ı﬋r﬌t ﬒ı﬋ro
n﬌ a﬒af, ﬌f claf ﬉eno.-

⮙or﬒﬌ar a﬒ar gl﬌﬇ traet﬉.
eglur n﬌ure e﬉alaet﬉
tonn ; gı callon rac ﬉ıraet﬉.

⮙or﬒﬌ar a﬒ar . gl﬌﬇ traet﬉
eglur tonn, tut﬉ e﬉alaet﬉.
agret ﬌ ma﬇olaet﬉ :
carwn ﬇eı kaffn etaetlı.

⮙or﬒﬒﬌ar a﬒ar ar e﬒r﬌﬌ ar﬒.
﬇ann llef c﬑n ﬌n ﬒ıffeıt﬉.
gor﬒﬌ar a﬒ar eıleıt﬉.

⮞﬌nnteuın, keın o﬇ amat.
an ﬋r﬌ſſ﬌ant ket﬌r ﬌ gat,
mı n﬌t af . anaf n﬌m gat.

⮞﬌nteuın, keın ar ﬌stre.
an ﬋r﬌s ket﬌r ﬌ gatle,
mı n﬌t af : anaf am ﬒e.

ﬕ﬌t gart﬉af m﬌n﬌﬒ . ﬇reu ﬇laen onn.
o e﬇﬌r ﬒﬌﬉ek﬌r tonn
eu﬌r : ell c﬉ert﬉ın om kallon.

⮐ſſ﬌m﬌ ﬉e﬒ı enn ﬌ mıs
﬌n ﬌ eſtua ﬌﬒ e﬒e﬑ıs
creı ﬋﬌m ﬇r﬌t ; cr﬌t am ﬒e﬑ıs.

⮐mlc golc g﬌l﬌a﬒ur.
gnelıt s﬌﬇er﬌t segur.
creı ﬋﬌m ﬇r﬌t ; cleu﬌t am cur.

laf ﬌n eıl . meıl am ﬋e﬒.
n﬌t eı﬒un ﬒et﬌﬒ ﬒﬌﬉e﬒.
amaerw﬌ a﬒na﬇ot am﬌ne﬒.

laf ﬌n eıl ; meıl. am lat .
ıt﬉re﬒awr ll﬌r﬌ llonn caat.
a ﬒f﬌n r﬌t ; ﬇er﬌t ﬇r﬌t ﬇rat.

⮑erwıt ﬇rat anuat o﬇er.
﬇﬌﬒aut ﬒olur an ﬇urer,
gert﬉u ﬇﬌c﬉ot ﬌r llaer.

﬈re ator re ennır.
an uarno ﬒ou﬌﬒ ﬒﬌﬒ ﬉ır,
t﬌﬌ll ﬋﬌﬒ geu . goleu gır.

⮞er﬌g﬌l ﬌n ﬒ırc﬉ mat k﬌rclı﬌n﬌at keıc.
lla﬑en g﬌r o﬒﬌c﬉ llat.
crın calaf . alaf ﬌n eılıat.

⮞ıgleu ﬒on ﬒rom ﬌ t﬉olo,
﬋ann ﬌ rng gra[ea]n a gro.
kreı ﬋﬌m ﬇r﬌t rac llet﬋﬌t ﬉eno.

⮣sglac ﬇laen ﬒er ; c﬉﬑e﬑ c﬉eıt﬉ onn.
c﬉ec e﬋﬑ ; c﬉ert﬉ınat tonn.
n﬌ c﬉el gru﬒ k﬌ſtu﬒ callon.

⮰mng uc﬉eneıt a ﬒﬌ueıt arnaf
﬌n ol ﬋﬌g gor﬒﬌fneıt
n﬌ at ﬒u﬑ ﬒a ﬌ ﬒ır﬌eıt.

⮔a ﬌ ﬒ırıeıt n﬌ atter,
nam﬌n trıſtıt a ﬉r﬌﬒er.
n﬌t atna ﬒u﬑ ar a nel.

⮣e﬒ mack﬌ ma﬇ claf . oe﬒ goe﬑ın g﬌nran
﬌n ll﬌s ﬋re[e]n﬉ın.
oet g﬌l ﬒u﬑ rt﬉ e﬒eın.

⮣r a neler ﬌n ﬒er﬒﬌,
﬌s tır﬌eıt ﬌r ae ﬒erll﬌.
cas ﬒﬌n ﬌man ﬌w cas ﬒u﬑ ﬋r﬌.



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The poem given above are transcribed directly from the Llyfr Coch Hergest (Red Book of Hergest), with reference to Blodeugerdd Barddas o'r Bedwaredd Ganrif ar Ddeg edited by Dafydd Johnston and J Gwenogfryn Evans' diplomatic version of the text. Letters or words obviously missing from the text are enclosed in square brackets [ ] and letters or words that are either superfluous to the metre or which are erroniously copied in the original are indicated in italic text.