Arofan was a 7th Century

Welsh language Welsh ( or ) is a Celtic languages, Celtic language of the Brittonic languages, Brittonic subgroup that is native to the Welsh people. Welsh is spoken natively in Wales by about 18% of the population, by some in England, and in (the Welsh c ...

poet. Nothing of Arofan's work survives. However, his name is recorded as the

Welsh Triads The Welsh Triads (, "Triads of the Island of Britain") are a group of related texts in medieval manuscripts which preserve fragments of Welsh folklore, mythology and traditional history in groups of three. The triad is a rhetorical form whereby o ...

as the bard of

Selyf ap Cynan Selyf ap Cynan or Selyf Sarffgadau (died 616) appears in Old Welsh genealogies as an early 7th-century King of Powys, the son of Cynan Garwyn. His name is a Welsh form of Solomon, appearing in the oldest genealogies as Selim. He reputedly bore ...

: ::"Arouan vard Sele(v) ap Kynan" Arofan's name is later recorded in the work of

Cynddelw Brydydd Mawr Cynddelw Brydydd Mawr ("Cynddelw the Great Poet"; or ; 1155–1200), was the court poet of Madog ap Maredudd, Owain Gwynedd (Owen the Great), and Dafydd ab Owain Gwynedd, and one of the most prominent Welsh poets of the 12th century. Cyn ...

, where he is held in regard alongside Afan Ferddig: ::"Gnavd canaf y volyant ual auan uertic ::neu uartwavd arouan"

References

Rachel Bromwich (ed.), ''Trioedd Ynys Prydein'' (3rd edition, University of Wales Press, 2006) Welsh-language poets 7th-century Welsh poets {{UK-poet-stub