Dylan Thomas

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Dylan Marlais Thomas (27 October 1914 – 9 November 1953) ƿæs Brittisc scop and ƿritere þæs ƿeorces belimpaþ manig mǣre gid: he ƿrāt se 'stemmapleg' be naman 'Under Meolcƿude' and sƿylc gid "Gān ne bleaþe in þā gōde nihte" (Do not go gentle into that good night) and "And dēaþ ne sceall habban ne rīce" (And death shall have no dominion) and manig spellas ƿrāt he for lēafe and for stemme, tobysene 'Cildes Cristmæsse on Ƿēalum' (A Child's Christmas in Wales) and 'Gelicnes þæs Cræftan sƿa Geong Hund'.

In Sƿegnesīege se is on Glamorgane ƿæs Dylan Thomas geboren in 1914 and hū self gecneaƿ, þe he ƿæs Ƿēalh, is strang in his fitte.

Dylan Thomas ƿeard gelufod of mannum in his dagum for his cræfte.  Noþȳlǣs, oððæt ðe his scopcræft ƿæs fæger, yfel ƿæs his līf.  Æt his dēaþ in Nīƿeoferƿicceastre bār 39 ƿinter, and menn ceann him þe he ƿæs oferdrincere and libbede in gæglbǣrnesse.

Dylan Thomas ƿrāt in þæm Nīƿengliscan gereorde. Man secg þe he ƿæs onmang Ƿēalacynnes hēastum scopum þæs 20. gearhundes for his searƿe plege mid ƿordum and ƿordbiliþum.

His bānas licgað æt Laugharne in Carmarðenscīre, se ƿæs his hām.

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