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Taliesin
[ tal-ee-es-in ]
noun
- flourished a.d. c550, Welsh bard.
Taliesin
/ ˌtælɪˈɛsɪn /
noun
- Taliesin6th century6th centuryMWelshWRITING: bard 6th century ad , Welsh bard; supposed author of 12 heroic poems in the Book of Taliesin
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Taliesin is a generic name indicating a function rather than the name of an individual.
And now for a genuine Taliesin, or what at any rate many critics think to be genuine.
And in other primitive poems that we may ascribe to Taliesin are effects as convincing and vivid.
To the sixth century are also to be referred the poems of Taliesin, which tell of the battles between the Britons and Saxons.
A satire is also preserved of the same Taliesin, upon the wandering minstrels of his time.
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