Elidir Sais

Elidir Sais (c. 1190 – c. 1240) was a Welsh language court poet. His sobriquet "Sais" ("English") suggests he was conversant with the English language ; a fact so unusual as to earn him his "nickname."

Elidir's few surviving works ar religious poems on the theme of the Holy Trinity and a poem remonstrating with Llywelyn ab Iorwerth, king of Gwynedd.

Bibliography

*J.E. Caerwyn Williams (ed.), "Gwaith Meilyr Brydydd a'i ddisgynyddion" (Cardiff, 1994). Includes the authoritative edition of the texts.
*Henry Lewis (ed.), "Hen Gerddi Crefyddol" (Cardiff, 1974).