Oh no, not another Camelot!

[Imperial Dave]

Koch treats Cunedda/the (South = Bryneich) Votadini  as distinct from the Coelings (Rheged) and to a degree the Northern Votadini (ie far beyond the wall). The long standing emnity (which bursts forth again in Y Gododdin) is between the descendents of Cunedda and Coel. Marwnad Cunedda is thus an elegy for the fallen Cunedda in fighting against Coel