Gododdin was the kingdom of the Votadina, a
British tribe. The poem
Y Gododdin by
Aneirin, a bard, written in
Brythonic (a medieval
Celtic language closely akin to
Welsh) tells the tale of the last days of Gododdin in its fatal struggle with
Bernicia. After the conquest of Gododdin its capital, Dunedin, was renamed
Edinburgh.
From the Gododdin comes the line translated into English as Men went to Cattraeth.