Yn geugant }
A llafn aur llawn anawdd ym bedydd
Goreu yw hyn cyn cystlwn carennydd
Ennaint creu} oe henydd
Ac angeu}
Rhag byddin} pan fu ddydd
Wawdodyn }
Neus goreu dan bwylliad neirthiad gwychydd.


But though Aneurin survived the battle of Cattraeth to celebrate the memory
of his less fortunate countrymen in this noble composition, he also
ultimately met with a violent death. The Triads relate that he was killed by
the blow of an axe, inflicted upon his head by Eiddin son of Einigan, which
event was in consequence branded as one of "the three accursed deeds of the
Isle of Britain." {0g}

His memory, however, lived in the Gododin, and the estimation in which the
poem was held by his successors has earned for him the title of "medeyrn
beirdd," the king of Bards. Davydd Benvras 1190-1240, prays for that genius
which would enable him


"To sing praises as Aneurin of yore,
The day he sang the Gododin. {0h}


Risserdyn 1290-1340 in an Ode to Hywel ab Gruffydd speaks of