Etmic Dinbych

Etmic Dinbych (Welsh for 'in praise of Tenby') is a Welsh poem or praise song, in reference to Tenby (Welsh: Dinbych-y-pysgod), in modern Pembrokeshire, Wales.

It's the earliest reference to a settlement at Tenby. The poem is probably from the 9th century, preserved in the 14th-century Book of Taliesin,^[1] although it wasn't written by the poet Taliesin.^[2] It was probably produced by a court poet in Dyfed to celebrate the New Year. It is the only court poem from South Wales from before the era of the Poets of the Princes that has survived.^[3] It survived as part of five diverse Welsh manuscripts possibly written at Cwmhir Abbey.^[4]

It was partly a lament for Bleiddud, Lord of Tenby.^[5]

External Links

• "The Praise of Tenby: Original Welsh followed by English Translation". Heroic poets and poetic heroes in Celtic tradition : a festschrift for Patrick K. Ford. Translated by Gruffydd, R Geraint. Dublin: Four Courts Press. 2005. pp. 96–99. Retrieved 1 May 2025.