Definition of Eidyn. Meaning of Eidyn. Synonyms of Eidyn

- Eidyn was the region around modern Edinburgh in Britain's sub-Roman and early medieval periods, approximately the 5th–7th centuries. It centred on the...
- Clydno Eidyn was a ruler of Eidyn, the district around modern Edinburgh, in the 6th century. Eidyn was a district of the Gododdin kingdom in the Hen Ogledd...
- (Welsh: Ystrad Clud). Smaller kingdoms included Aeron and Calchfynydd. Eidyn, Lleuddiniawn, and Manaw Gododdin were evidently parts of Gododdin. The...
- Both names are derived from an older name for the surrounding region, Eidyn. It is generally accepted that this name in turn derives ultimately from...
- Eidyn, the name for the region in ****bric, the Brittonic Celtic language formerly spoken there. The name's meaning is unknown. The district of Eidyn was...
- scholars, is that Mynyddog is king of Gododdin, perhaps with his court at Din Eidyn, modern Edinburgh. He appears as the sponsor of the renowned warband that...
- tradition, local kings of this period lived at both Traprain Law and Din Eidyn (Edinburgh, whose English name is ultimately a calque, with the Old English...
- Eoghain Uisnech Ulster Scotland Legendary kings of Scotland Aeron Dál Riata Eidyn Galloway Gododdin Isles / Isles (lords) / Islay Orkney Picts Rhinns Strathclyde...
- as far afield as Pictland and Gwynedd. After a year of feasting at Din Eidyn, now Edinburgh, they attacked Catraeth, which is usually identified with...
- shifted to Edinburgh. The name Edinburgh comes from the old Celtic for area, Eidyn and burgh, which means fortress. Edinburgh has been inhabited since at least...