His father was the poet Phylip Brydydd. Prydydd was a grade of court poet, and bychan here has the meaning "junior" (somebody's son) rather than the more usual "small" or "little", presumably to distinguish him from his father.
His father was the poet Phylip Brydydd. Brydydd referred to a court poet rank, and bychan here had the meaning "junior" (someone's son) rather than the more common "small" or "little", presumably to distinguish him from his father.