Lludd

or Ludd

[ Welsh. lyth ]

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noun

, Welsh Legend.

a king of Britain who rid his kingdom of three plagues and was famous for his generosity: sometimes regarded as a god.

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And when this was ended, King Lludd caused an exceeding great banquet to be prepared.

And thereupon King Lludd felt great sorrow and care, because that he knew not how he might be freed from these plagues.

And in their sleep, Lludd folded the covering around them, and in the securest place he had in Snowdon, he hid them in a kistvaen.

Lludd loved Llevelys best of all his brothers, because he was a wise and discreet man.

And nothing was ever more wonderful to Lludd, than that the hamper should hold so much.

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