- Seisyll Bryffwrch
Seisyll Bryffwrch (fl. 1155-1175) was a
Welsh language poet.Seisyll competed against and was defeated by Cynddelw in a contest for the role of chief court poet to
Madog ap Maredudd , prince of Powys.Seisyll's own compositions include elegies on the death of Owain Gwynedd and of Iorwerth Drwyndwn grandfather and father respectively of
Llywelyn ab Iorwerth . Seisyll also wrote poems in praise of the campaigns of the Lord Rhys.References
* [http://www.llgc.org.uk/drych/drych_s042.htm The Hendregadredd manuscript] .
*Morfydd E. Owen (ed.), 'Gwaith Seisyll Bryffwrch', in, Kathleen Anne Bramley "et al." (ed.), "Gwaith Llywelyn Fardd I ac eraill o Feirdd y Ddeuddegfed Ganrif" (Gwasg Prifysgol Cymru, Cardiff, 1994). The standard edition of the poet's work (in Welsh).
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