Editing Cunedda (section)

== Name ==
{{see also|Wledig}}

The name ''Cunedda'' (spelled ''Cunedag'' in the AD 828 pseudo-history ''[[Historia Brittonum]]'') derives from the [[Common Brittonic|Brythonic]] word ''{{lang|cel|*Cuno-dagos}}'', meaning "Good Hound/Warrior" or "Having Good Hounds/Warriors".<ref>{{cite book |last=Koch |first=John |title=Celtic Culture |publisher=ABC-CLIO |year=2006 |page=519}}</ref> His title, ''Wledig'', is an obscure and difficult to translate [[epithet]].<ref name="lines231"/> It literally means, "of a {{lang|cy|gwlad}}" or "country".<ref name="lines231"/> However, as an epithet, ''Wledig'' was possibly applied to some official or claimed position within the Roman hierarchy.<ref name="lines231"/> It has been argued that the term is likely a rendition of a Roman title since all known figures with the title are either genealogically connected with the Roman aristocracy or associated with the Roman government.<ref name="lines231">Hywel ap Cadell (1909), [https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/The_Laws_of_Howel_the_Good/Introduction ''Welsh Medieval Law: The Laws of Howell the Good''], translated by Arthur Wade-Evans</ref><ref>Wade-Evans, Arthur. ''Welsh Medieval Law''.</ref>{{fcn|date=April 2025}}

These figures also all ruled in the century after the Roman withdrawal from Britain. However, this interpretation is subject to criticism. The historian [[Rachel Bromwich]] argued that translating Latin titles into Welsh is unusual for contemporary Welsh leaders, who typically used the original Latin titles.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Roberts |first1=Brynley F. |last2=Bromwich |first2=Rachel |year=1962 |title=Trioedd Ynys Prydein. The Welsh Triads |journal=The Modern Language Review |volume=57 |issue=3 |page=405 |doi=10.2307/3721837 |jstor=3721837 |issn=0026-7937}}</ref> There are other competing theories concerning the true meaning of the term. The word {{lang|cy|Gwledig}} is a [[cognate]] with the Irish word {{lang|ga|flaith}}, which means ruler. Therefore, the word may simply mean "lord" or "ruler".<ref>{{cite book |last=Charles-Edwards |first=Thomas Mowbray |year=2013 |title=Wales and the Britons, 350–1064 |series=The history of Wales |edition=1st |location=Oxford |publisher=Oxford University Press |isbn=978-0-19-821731-2}}</ref>