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The
Battle of Llongborth was an ancient battle in
Great Britain mentioned in a poem of the same name, traditionally attributed to
Llywarch Hen. The poem in question, also known as
Elegy for Geraint, celebrates
Geraint ab Erbin from
Dyfnaint, who died in the battle. It is very uncertain where and when the battle was. If the name Llongborth is of Celtic origin, it seems to mean "ship-port" or "ship-bay".
Certain scholars, such as
John Morris, have identified Llongborth with the battle of Portsmouth mentioned in the Anglo-Saxon chronicles for the year
501, at which a "a young Welshman, a very noble man" is said to have died.
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William F. Skene and other scholars identify Llongborth with the battle in
710 between a later Geraint and
Ine of
Wessex. In this case, the Geraint of the elegy is identified as the
8th century king
Geraint of Dumnonia. This needs a later date of composition than the Portsmouth/Llywarch Hen hypothesis. Skene suggests
Langport in
Somerset as the location of the battle
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The poem, found in the
Red Book of Hergest and the
Black Book of Carmarthen, praises Geraint's heroism, dwells with rhetorical repetitiveness on the speed of his horses, and makes in passing one of the earliest known allusions to
Arthur. Though Arthur is often referred to simply as a war leader in early Welsh material, he's called "the emperor" in
Elegy for Geraint.
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