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He pierced over three hundred of the finest.He struck at both the center and the flank.He was worthy in the front of a most generous army.He gave out gifts from his drove of steeds in the winter.He fed black ravens [killed many of the enemy] on the wall
of the fortress, though he was not Arthur.He gave support in battle.In the van, an alder shield-wall was Gwawrddur.
The Gododdin, ca. 600
And the horse of Gwythur and the horse of Gwawrddur and the horse of Arthur, fearless in causing pain.
The Book of Taliesin
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