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Ieuan ap Hywel Swrdwal (?1430 - ?1480) was a Welsh poet, from Norman stock. He composed primarily in Welsh, but was also responsible for the first known poem in the English language written by a Welshman. His father Hywel Swrdwal was also a poet, and there are doubts as to whether a number of extant works should be attributed to the father or to the son. He is reputed to have composed a history of Wales, but this has not survived. The ''Hymn to the Virgin'' was written by Ieuan at Oxford in about 1470 and uses a Welsh poetic form, the ''awdl'', and Welsh orthography; for example: :O michti ladi, owr leding/ tw haf :at hefn owr abeiding: :yntw ddy ffest efrlesting :i set a braents ws tw bring.〔Garlick, Raymond, and Roland Mathias, ''Anglo-Welsh Poetry 1480-1990''. Bridgend: Seren, 1995, p.45〕 Literal modern English version: :O, mighty lady, our leading/ to have :at heaven our abiding: :to bring us unto the everlasting feast :ye planted a branch (= of Jesse's tree).〔Garlick & Mathias, p.47.〕 The poem consists of 96 lines in 13 stanzas. It is an address to Christ through the Virgin Mary. An alternative claim for the first poem in English written by a Welshman is made for John Clanvowe's ''The Book of Cupid, God of Love'' or ''The Cuckoo and the Nightingale'', a long love poem based on ''The Owl and the Nightingale''.〔 ==References== Garlick, Raymond, and Roland Mathias. ''Anglo-Welsh Poetry 1480-1990'' (Bridgend: Seren, 1995). 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Ieuan ap Hywel Swrdwal」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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