The Gododdin were a Brittonic people of north-eastern Britain (modern north-east England and south-east Scotland) in the sub-Roman period, the area known as the Hen Ogledd or Old North. They're best known as the subject of the 6th-century Welsh poem Y Gododdin, attributed to Aneirin. The name Gododdin's the Modern Welsh form; it's derived, via Old Welsh Guotodin from the Brythonic language word Votadini, attested in Latin texts. Kingdom It isn't known exactly how far the kingdom of the Gododdin… (More on Gododdin)