“He glutted black ravens on the rampart of the stronghold, though he was no Arthur.”

— Aneirin, book Y Gododdin

Stanza B38, p. 112.
Possibly the earliest reference to King Arthur.
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Brythonic (Welsh) poet; author of the Gododdin. 525–600

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