He pierced over three hundred of the finest.He struck at both the center and the flank.He was worthy in the front of a most generous army.He gave out gifts from his drove of steeds in the winter.He fed black ravens [killed many of the enemy] on the wall

of the fortress, though he was not Arthur.He gave support in battle.In the van, an alder shield-wall was Gwawrddur.

The Gododdin, ca. 600

And the horse of Gwythur and the horse of Gwawrddur and the horse of Arthur, fearless in causing pain.

The Book of Taliesin