This is the original version of the poem Cadau gwallawc (The Battles of Gwallawg) from the the Llyfr Taliesin (Book of Taliesin). It is rendered as close as possible to the original using my font, Mabinogi Celtic which is free for anyone to download and install.
n en gleıc nef goetoon.
rtannat rcnant g agon.
⮙rtoe gogfres gelon
llıas run a nu anton.
n golchaf an gnat eır o ton.
⮧fe ael o ſ se.
nlle rgetl rgetlıc
rſfaf rcanaf leıc.
n lat oe ergrnic
nm gnel nſ gnaf ec neıc.
na ıollg.aloe
n ıffc leıc n ome.
⮣ec alı trm teırne
n u nſ eu u e.
gonont offe oe ucnt.
aletac r arteıt ael nt.
⮪of eennal tra peın
ra rer ggoo rlccra
rlccrer. rt arna rarna.
rarn a g b0aner
ae nınat n gnat ac eluet.
⮢t gr ıla aeret
gaſ greıt a gt gotraet.
r eıcac gallac n llet.
reac gallac arteet.
ofn neb a enec u
neut m nac neut c arerter
tene n ıe af.
nſ n n namn cec.
cecac ıt gnan o nn
celac reac traet .
⮪erbe gne nſ me mac
eıc eul af huen ſone gan maf
enaf gan oet gan llu eılaaf
int ı ert t af
ma llnac llıac. amgl gnn
gal gnn ges. tart ges ges art
ragnniſ egıſ eb art.
cleaı cledıfa cleıfarc.
am lu lea.
nnt ameſcut ga lat.
⮪llnt tal ſca rac talen eırc.
⮣ marc trſt moal. rıth car rıallu
gnac rı gſtlant geır goluac
o gaer glut t gaer garaac.
ſtal tır ens a gwallac
erne ten tageac.
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The poem given above is transcribed directly from the Llyfr Taliesin (Book of Taliesin), with reference to Blodeugerdd Barddas o'r Bedwaredd Ganrif ar Ddeg edited by Dafydd Johnston. 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.