Gruffudd Gryg (fl. c.1340–1380) was a Welsh poet from

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, North

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. A number of Gruffudd's poems have survived including poems to a wave during his pilgrimage to

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and to an April moon. Also extant are the debate poems between Gruffudd and his contemporary poet and friend

Dafydd ap Gwilym Dafydd ap Gwilym ( 1315/1320 – 1350/1370) is regarded as one of the leading Welsh poets and amongst the great poets of Europe in the Middle Ages. Life R. Geraint Gruffydd suggests 1315- 1350 as the poet's dates; others place him a little ...

. He also composed an elegy for Dafydd ap Gwilym and a poem addressed to the yew above his grave..

References

* Ifor Williams and Thomas Roberts (eds.), ''Cywyddau Dafydd ap Gwilym a'i Gyfoeswyr'' (2nd Edition, Bangor, 1935). * Thomas Parry (ed.), ''Gwaith Dafydd ap Gwilym'' (Caerdydd, 1952, Gwasg Prifysgol Cymru). 14th-century deaths People from Anglesey Welsh-language poets 14th-century Welsh poets Year of birth uncertain {{Wales-writer-stub

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