“Sure-hoofed is my steed impelled by the spur;
The high sprigs of alder are on thy shield;
Bran art thou called, of the glittering branches.”

— Taliesin

Book of Taliesin (c. 1275?), The Battle of the Trees, Englynion Cad Goddau
Variant: Sure-hoofed is my steed in the day of battle

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Taliesin 102

Welsh bard 534–599

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