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Gilla Coes Hydd

‘Gilla Stag Shank’

One of Arthur’s warriors in Welsh legend, who could leap three hundred acres in a single bound. For this reason, he was called “the chief leaper of Ireland“.


Notes
– Coes means ‘handle’, ‘leg’, ‘stern’, ‘stalk’.
– Hydd means ‘stag’.


Source
Culhwch and Olwen | Late 11th century