Dynod son of Pabo ( or ''Dunod ap Pabo''; ; died c. 595), better known as Dynod the Stout () or Dynod Fawr was the ruler of a small kingdom in the North

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in the post-Roman

Hen Ogledd Hen Ogledd (), meaning the Old North, is the historical region that was inhabited by the Celtic Britons, Brittonic people of sub-Roman Britain in the Early Middle Ages, now Northern England and the southern Scottish Lowlands, alongside the fello ...

("Old North"). ''Regio Dunutinga'' was a minor kingdom or region in

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mentioned in the '' Life of Wilfrid''. P.N. Wood identifies this with the area of Craven. Dynod was a son of

Pabo Post Prydain Pabo Post Prydain (''supp. fl.'' before 500) was a king from the Hen Ogledd or ''Old North'' of sub-Roman Britain. According to tradition Pabo "the Pillar of Britain" was driven out of the North in 460 and settled in Anglesey. He is said to have ...

and is thought to have succeeded to his kingdom. He was the father of Saint

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, founder of Bangor by Dwywai ferch Lleenog. Dynod is mentioned in the Welsh Triads (TYP no.5) as one of the ‘Three Pillars of Battle’ of Ynys Prydain."Dunod Fwr ap Pabo Post Prydyn. (500, d.595)", ''A Classical Welsh Dictionary'', p.235
/ref> He is also mentioned in a poem on the death of

Urien Urien ap Cynfarch Oer () or Urien Rheged (, Old Welsh: or , ) was a powerful sixth-century Brittonic-speaking figure who was possibly the ruler of the territory or kingdom known as Rheged. He is one of the best-known and best documented o ...

of Rheged. Llywarch Hen says: "Let savage Unhwch guide me; It was said in Drws Llech, ‘Dunod ap Pabo does not retreat.’" After the assassination of Urien, Dynod is said to have invaded his kingdom of

Rheged Rheged () was one of the kingdoms of the ('Old North'), the Brittonic-speaking region of what is now Northern England and southern Scotland, during the post-Roman era and Early Middle Ages. It is recorded in several poetic and bardic sources, ...

, doing battle against Urien's sons

Owain Owain () is a name of Welsh origin, variously written in Old Welsh as Ougein, Eugein, Euguen, Iguein, Ou(u)ein, Eug(u)ein, Yuein, and in Middle Welsh as Ewein, Owein, and Ywein. Other variants of the name Owain include Ewein, Iguein, Owein, Ouein, Y ...

and Pascent. He is said to have died at the hands of the

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n Angles around AD 595. Dynod is often confused with the abbot Saint Dunod of Bangor Iscoed mentioned by

Bede Bede (; ; 672/326 May 735), also known as Saint Bede, Bede of Jarrow, the Venerable Bede, and Bede the Venerable (), was an English monk, author and scholar. He was one of the most known writers during the Early Middle Ages, and his most f ...

. Archaeologist Craig Cessford suggests that Dynod may be the same individual as the baby Dinogad referred to in the early medieval Welsh lullaby Dinogad's Smock.{{cite journal , last1=Cessford , first1=Craig , title=Dinogad's Smock , journal=Transactions of the Cumberland and Westmorland Archaeological Society , date=1994 , volume=2 , issue=94 , pages=297–299 , url=https://archaeologydataservice.ac.uk/archives/view/cumberland/contents.cfm?vol_id=742 , access-date=6 July 2021

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